phenylia 
phenylia(fe-nil'i-ii), n. 
Same as aiiilim.: 
phenylic (fe-nil'ik), n. 
as jiheiiic. 
pheon (fe'on), H. [Origin 
barbed javelin formerly 
carried by the royal ser- 
geaut-at-arms. Fairliolt. 
2. In her., a barbed 
head, as of an arrow or a 
fish-spear, differing from 
the broad-arrow in being 
engrailed on the inner 
side of the barbs unless 
otherwise blazoned. The 
pfL.,<'E.pJienyl, q. v.] 
[< phenyl + -ic.] Same 
obscure.] 1. A 
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the throat black speckled with white. Its flesh is rank 
and scarcely fit for food. 
philacteryt, >/. See phylactery. 
Philadelphia!! 1 (fil-a-del'fi-an), a. and n. [< 
Phi/ii/li'//i/iiii (see defi) + -an. The name Phila- 
delphia, usually explained to mean the ' city of 
philanthropist 
Indies ; in the larval state all are vine-feeders, whence the 
generic name. The larvse have the head small and glo- 
bose, the anterior segments slender and retractile into the 
swollen third segments ; and the anal horn is wanting in 
full-grown individuals, being replaced by a shining lenticu- 
lar tubercle. P. achemon and 1'. pandorw or satellitia are 
abundant, and of economic importance from the damage 
Also called/ 
Pherecratean (fer .. 
Kpdri/f, Pherecrates (see def.).] In anc. pros., 
a logaoadic meter (named from Pherecrates, a 
Greek comic poet), similar to a trochaic tripody, 
, 
brotherly love ' (as if identical with Gr. 0//.a<Je/- do . ne '" vineyards by their larvie. 
<t>ia, brotherly love), is taken from the LL. Phi- philander (fi-lan'der), n. [So called in allu- 
ladelphia, < Gr. QiAadityeia, the name of a city s i n to Philander, as the name in old plays and 
of Lydia (Rev. i. 11, iii. 7), now Ala-shehr romances of a lover, e. g. "Philander, Prince 
(also th 
other in 
named Philadelphus (<bil.ddety>of) on account of tne name of a virtuous youth in Ariosto's " Or- 
his affection for his brother Eumenes, whom he l an do Furioso," between whom and a married 
woman named Gabrina there were certain teu- 
ig men, < <fu- 
'f. p/njllift, n. 
in the first or second place. 
Pherecratic (fer-ek-rat'ik), . 
cratean. 
dactyl 
Same as Pliere- 
phestert, n. A bad spelling otfestcri. 
phew (fu), interj. [A mere exclamation; cf. i* 1 tne 17th century, < Gr. <pM6e)(d>of, loving one's 
- - - - -- 1 A tU,^... ~ ?}1..'T.. -1-1-1 .' 1 -1 X 1 
Delaware and Schuylkill rivers. 
II. n. A native or an inhabitant of the city 
-' Philadelphia. 
.j-i_v.-_ w ,*, - -3-,1/fl.^^ a r< L. pi Ma . 
a man's name: see def.) 
^ r i(l.] Pertaining to 
Ptolemy Philadelphus, king of Egypt, 283-247 
B.C. a patron of literature, science, and art. . ., ,, ,y^ Ka . 
phlladelphian 3 (fil-a-del'fi-an), . [Cf.F.phila- philander (fi-lan'der), v.i. [< philander, n. Cf. 
detphe,^ member of a society formed in France phyllis, r.] To play the philander; pay court 
to a woman, especially without serious inten- 
tion; make love in a foolish way; "spoon." 
Sir Kit was too much taken up philandering to consider 
the law in this case. Miss Edyeworth, Castle Rackrent, ii. 
This exceeds all precedent; I am brought to fine uses, 
to become a botcher of second hand marriages between 
Abigails and Andrews ! I'll couple you ! Yes, I'll baste 
you together, you and your Philander! 
Congreve, Way of the World, v. 1. 
2. In zool., one of several different marsupial 
mammals. Specifically (a) The Australian bandicoot, 
Peramtles lagatu. (b) A South American opossum of one 
of several different species. 
phoo, pho, phy, etc.] An exclamation of dis- brother: see Philadelphia^.] One of a~short- 
gust, weariness, or surprise. lived mystical denomination founded in Eng- 
phial (fi'al), n. and v. See rial. land in the end of the seventeenth century. 
phiale (fi'a-le), n.; pi. phiate (-le). [< Gr. philadelphite (fil-a-del'fit), n. [< Philadelphia 
fyiakri, a patera, saucer: see vial.] 1. A flat (see def. ) + -ite 2 .] A kind of vermiculite f ound 
saucer-shaped Greek vase used for pouring re- ne . ar Philadelphia in Pennsylvania. 
ligious Jibations : now more commonly known Philadelphus (fil-a-del'f us), n. [NL. (Linnaeus, philanderer (fi-lan'der-er) 
, patera. 2. Same as can- 1737), < Gr. ^Adde/jfmv, a sweet-flowering shrub, landers; a male flirt. 
by its Latin name 
thartis, 2. 
Phibalura (fib-a-lu'ra), n. [A mutilated and 
corrupt form of Amphibolura, q. v.] A genus 
of birds established by Vieillot in 1816, the type 
and only species being P.flavirostris of Brazil, 
a bird of the family Cotingidse. The plumage is 
yellow and black, the beak yellow. The name is derived 
from the long, deeply forked tail. 
Phidian (fid'i-an), a. [< L. Phidias, < Gr. *- 
0f, Phidias (see def. ), + -an.'] Of, pertaining 
to, or produced by Phidias, the most eminent 
artist of the most splendid time of ancient 
Athens, during the fifth century B. c., the ar- 
tistic director of the monumental works of Peri- 
cles, and the sculptor of the decoration of the 
Parthenon and of the chryselephantine Zeus of 
< ??3 n ?i a ' J Hence ' ln general, noting the Athenian art 
of the third quarter of the fifth century, including not 
only the work of Phidias himself, but also that molded by 
You must make up your mind whether you wish to be 
accepted : . . . you can't be philandering after her again 
for six weeks. George Eliot, Daniel Ueronda, xxv. 
One who phi- 
Phidian School of Sculpture.-The Gaia and Thalassa " (or De 
ter and Kora), from the eastern pediment of the Parthenon. 
h ' example and exec 
of great artists of 
. jasmine ; named after Ptolemy Phila- 
delphus, Gr. 4>(Xd<5^of , king of Egypt : see Pliila- 
delphianl.] A genus of shrubs of the order Saxi- 
frageee and the 
tribe Hydran- 
gese, character- 
ized by the 
inferior ovary, 
numerous sta- 
mens, and four 
or five imbri- 
cate petals. 
The 12 species are 
natives of central 
Europe, the south- 
ern United States, 
Japan, and the 
Himalayas. They 
bear round oppo- 
site branches, op- 
posite leaves, and 
rather large flow- 
ers, corymbed or 
solitary in the ax- 
ils, white or straw- 
colored, and com- 
monly fragrant They are common in cultivation as orna- 
mental shrubs, under the names mock-orange and syringa 
(For flower-section, see cut under epigtrnaut.) P grandi- 
forus and two other species are wild in the United States 
from v irgmia southward. 
philamott, . A bad spelling of filemot. Hol- 
land, tr. of Pliny. 
Philampelus (fi-lam'pe-lus), . [NL. (Harris, 
1<J9), <Gr. 0<Ad|U7rcvlof, loving the vine, ' 
love, + a/are)tof t a vine.] A 
moths of the 
worked. At this time the Greek artists had already won 
complete command of the material side of their profession 
so that they were unhampered by difficulties of execu- 
tion, and their work was constantly inspired by a high 
and noble ideal. Also written Pheidian 
Phlgalian (fi-ga'li-an), a. [< Gr. *iy<&e. Phi- 
gaha (see def . ), + -an.] Pertaining to Phigalia, 
I 1 *'' marbles, a series of twenty-three blocks sculptuS 
alto-nlievo, from the interior frieze of the cella of the 
icmpie 01 Apollo Epikourios at Pliicralia or Ra&fifp nnw 
Tkl>ucrn<r nr 1 ! 4.1. _ n__Iit_l -. . "*B 1C* "I I l.l"-. ,1 , I |UW 
ESEESiS? J, he . Briti8h Museum. They represent the 
combat of the Centaurs and Lapithrc, and that of the Greeks 
fol- ma ? )n j'- an . < l are of h * h artistic excellence, though 
ssa^ssMisr of the aimo8t contemp - 
phil-. See philo-. 
philabegt (fil'a-beg), n. Same &sfilioeg. 
Phllacte (fl-lak'te), . [NL. (Bannister, 1870) 
dr. JOeZv, love, + 4*rf, sea-shore.] A genus 
of arctic imantime Anatidss of the subfamily An- 
sennse having a variegated plumage without 
etalhc tints, incised webs, rostral lamellte ex- 
posed posteriorly, and skull with superorbital 
depression; the painted geese. P. JLgica is the 
,T r 'K 8 l C ! f , A ? !l . sk . a :. a t b , H, d i8 "t the mouth of the 
Larva of Philampelus achemon, slightly reduced. 
ing species of large size, with curved antennse, 
ed fore wings, and produced 
hind wings. There are four North 
species, two of them extending into the West 
At last, without a note of warning, appeared in Beddge- 
lert a phenomenon which rejoiced some hearts, but per- 
turbed also the spirits, not only of the Oxford philander- 
ers, but those of Elsley Vavasour. 
Kingsley, Two Years Ago, xix. 
Philanthidse (fi-lan'thi-de)), n. pi. [NL., < 
Philanthus + -idas.] A family of fossorial hy- 
menopterous insects, founded on the genus 
Philanthus. They have a narrow prothorax, three sub- 
marginal cells of the fore wings, the second and third of 
which receive each a recurrent nervure, and sessile or 
subsessile abdomen. These wasps are small but beauti- 
ful ; they prey chiefly on bees and beetles, and their bur- 
rows seldom exceed five inches in length. See cut under 
Philanthus. 
philanthrope (fil'an-throp), . [< Y.philnn- 
thrope = Sp. Jilantropo = It. filantropo = Pg. 
philanthrope, < Gr. <t>iAav6pajros, humane: see 
philanthropy.] A philanthropist. 
He had a goodness of nature and disposition in so great 
a degree that he may be deservedly styled a philanthrope 
Roger North, Lord Guilford, II. 127. (Davies.) 
philanthropic (fil-an-throp'ik), a. [= F. phi- 
lanthropique = Sp. filantrApico = Pg. philan- 
tropico = It. filantropico, < ML. "philanthropi- 
cus (in adv. philanthropice), < Gr. *<t>i%av6pumit6f, 
a false reading for <t>u.avBpujrof, humane, a phi- 
lanthropist: see philanthropy.] Of or pertain- 
ing to philanthropy ; characterized by or spring- 
ing from love of mankind ; actuated by a de- 
sire to do good to one's fellows. 
The kindlier feeling of men is seen in all varieties of 
philanthropic effort. H. Spencer, Social Statics. 
= Syn, Benevolent, humane. 
philanthropical (fil-an-throp'i-kal), a. [< 
philanthropic + -al.] "Same as philanthropic 
philanthropically (fil-an-throp'i-kal-i), adv. 
In a philanthropic manner; benevolently. 
philanthropinism (fil-an-throp'i-nizm), n. [< 
Gr. *<f>t%avtipumvoc; (a fake reading for ^avtipu- 
TOf, humane: see i>hilanthropy) + -ism.] A 
system of education on so-called natural prin- 
- promoted by Basedow and his friends 
Philamftlus achemon, Moth, 5 li s htly reduced. 
. , l-an-throp'i-nist), n. [< 
l>hilanthropii<-ism + -int.] An advocate of phil- 
anthropinism. 
philanthropism (fi-lan'thro-pizm), n. [= F. 
philanthropisme; as philanthrop-y + -ism.] Phi- 
lanthropy. 
philanthropist (fi-lan'thro-pist), n. [< philnn- 
tlirop-y + -ist.] One who is actuated by a 
philanthropic spirit ; one who loves mankind, 
or wishes well to his fellow-men and endeav- 
ors to benefit them by active works of benev- 
olence or beneficence; one who from philan- 
thropic motives endeavors to do good to his 
fellows. 
We all know the wag's definition of a philanthropist 
a man whose charity increases directly as the square of 
the distance. George Eliot, Middlemarch xxxviii 
