Chapter Philomel to Phœnician of P by Webster's Dictionary (1913 Edition)

3. Practical wisdom; calmness of temper and judgment; equanimity; fortitude; stoicism; as, to meet misfortune with philosophy.

Then had he spent all his philosophy.

Chaucer.

4. Reasoning; argumentation.

Of good and evil much they argued then, . . .
Vain wisdom all, and false philosophy.

Milton.

5. The course of sciences read in the schools. Johnson.

6. A treatise on philosophy.

Philosophy of the Academy, that of Plato, who taught his disciples in a grove in Athens called the Academy. — Philosophy of the Garden, that of Epicurus, who taught in a garden in Athens. — Philosophy of the Lyceum, that of Aristotle, the founder of the Peripatetic school, who delivered his lectures in the Lyceum at Athens. — Philosophy of the Porch, that of Zeno and the Stoics; — so called because Zeno of Citium and his successors taught in the porch of the Poicile, a great hall in Athens.

Philostorgy
(Phil`o*stor"gy) n. [Gr. loving + affection.] Natural affection, as of parents for their children. [R.]

Philotechnic
(Phil`o*tech"nic Phil`o*tech"nic*al) a. [Philo- + Gr. an art: cf. F. philotechnique.] Fond of the arts. [R.]

Philter
(Phil"ter) n. [F. philtre, L. philtrum, Gr. fr. to love, dear, loving.] A potion or charm intended to excite the passion of love. [Written also philtre.] Addison.

Philter
(Phil"ter), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Philtered ; p. pr. & vb. n. Philtering.]

1. To impregnate or mix with a love potion; as, to philter a draught.

2. To charm to love; to excite to love or sexual desire by a potion. Gov. of Tongue.

Phimosis
(||Phi*mo"sis) n. [NL., fr. Gr. a muzzling, fr. muzzle.] (Med.) A condition of the penis in which the prepuce can not be drawn back so as to uncover the glans penis.

Phitoness
(Phi"ton*ess) n. Pythoness; witch. [Obs.]

Phiz
(Phiz) n.; pl. Phizes [Contr. fr. physiognomy.] The face or visage. [Colloq.] Cowper.

Phlebitis
(||Phle*bi"tis) n. [NL., fr. Gr. a vein + -itis.] (Med.) Inflammation of a vein.

Phlebogram
(Phleb"o*gram) n. [Gr. + -gram.] (Physiol.) A tracing (with the sphygmograph) of the movements of a vein, or of the venous pulse.

Phlebolite
(Phleb"o*lite Phleb"o*lith) n. [Gr. a vein + -lite, - lith.] (Med.) A small calcareous concretion formed in a vein; a vein stone.

Phlebology
(Phle*bol"o*gy) n. [Gr. a vein + -logy.] A branch of anatomy which treats of the veins.

Phlebotomist
(Phle*bot"o*mist) n. [Cf. F. phlébotomiste.] (Med.) One who practiced phlebotomy.

Phlebotomize
(Phle*bot"o*mize) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Phlebotomized ; p. pr. & vb. n. Phlebotomizing ] [Cf. F. phlébotomiser.] To let blood from by opening a vein; to bleed. [R.] Howell.