Pheon
(Phe"on) n. [Prob. from Old French.] (Her.) A bearing representing the head of a dart or javelin,
with long barbs which are engrailed on the inner edge.
Phial
(Phi"al) n. [F. fiole, L. phiala a broad, flat, shallow cup or bowl, Gr. . cf. Vial.] A glass vessel
or bottle, especially a small bottle for medicines; a vial.
Phial
(Phi"al), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Phialed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Phialing.] To put or keep in, or as in, a
phial.
Its phial'd wrath may fate exhaust.
Shenstone. Philabeg
(Phil"a*beg) n. See Filibeg.
Philadelphian
(Phil`a*del"phi*an) a. [Gr. filadelfia brotherly love, from fila`delfos brotherly; fi`los loved,
loving, friendly + 'adelfo`s brother.] Of or pertaining to Ptolemy Philadelphus, or to one of the cities
named Philadelphia, esp. the modern city in Pennsylvania.
Philadelphian
(Phil`a*del"phi*an), n.
1. A native or an inhabitant of Philadelphia.
2. (Eccl. Hist.) One of a society of mystics of the seventeenth century, — called also the Family of
Love. Tatler.
Philalethist
(Phil`a*le"thist) n. [Philo- + Gr. truth.] A lover of the truth. [Obs.] Brathwait.
Philander
(Phi*lan"der) v. i. [Gr. fond of men; loving + man.] To make love to women; to play the male
flirt.
You can't go philandering after her again.
G. Eliot. Philander
(Phi*lan"der), n. A lover. [R.] Congreve.
Philander
(Phi*lan"der), n. (Zoöl.) (a) A South American opossum (Didelphys philander). (b) An Australian
bandicoot
Philanderer
(Phi*lan"der*er) n. One who hangs about women; a male flirt. [R.] C. Kingsley.
Philanthrope
(Phil"an*thrope) n. [F.] A philanthropist. [Obs.] R. North.
Philanthropic
(Phil`an*throp"ic Phil`an*throp"ic*al) a. [Cf. F. philanthropique.] Of or pertaining to philanthropy; characterized
by philanthropy; loving or helping mankind; as, a philanthropic enterprise. — Phil`an*throp"ic*al*ly, adv.
Philanthropinism
(Phil`an*throp"i*nism) n. A system of education on so-called natural principles, attempted
in Germany in the last century by Basedow, of Dessau.
Philanthropinist
(Phil`an*throp"i*nist) n. An advocate of, or believer in, philanthropinism.
