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nor UJ7, n8t 103—tube 171, t&b 172, bflll 173—Ml 299—pSund 913—thin 400, thi» 409.
I'HILOMOT, filo-mut, a. Coloured like a
dead leaf.
PHILOSOPHER , fe-l8s'sA-fur, s. 131. Aman deep in knowledge, either moral or na-tural.
PHILOSOPHER'S STONE , fe-l3s'so-f5rz-fltone, s. A stone dreamed of by alcby-mists, which, by its touch, converts base me-tals into gold.
I'HILOSOPHICK, fll-lo-z8f'fik, 425,509,1
philosophical, fii-iA-zSrfe-kai, j
a. Belonging to philosophy, suitable to aphilosopherj skilful in philosophy; frugal*abstemious.
philosophically, fii-i&-z8ffe-k8i-£,
ad. In a philosophical manner, rationally,wiselv.
fcT Mr. Sheridan seems very properly to havemarked the s in this and the two preceding words asPronounced Jike z. For the reasons, see Principles ,Nos. 425, 435.
To PHILOSOPHIZE, fe-l6s'si-flze, t>. a.To play the philosopher, to reason like a phi-losopher.
PHILOSOPHY , fe-los'sfl-fe, s. Knowledgenatural or moral; hypothesis or system uponwhich natural effects are explained ; reason-ing, argumentation; the course of sciencesread in the schools.
Philter, fli'tur, os. something to
cause love.
fc? This word ought rather to be written Philtre .—See Principles, Ho. 415.
To PHILTER, fil'tur, c. a. To charm to
love.
PHIZ, fiz, *. The face. A low word.PHLEBOTOMIST, fle-bot'to-mlst, s. Onethat opens a vein, a blood-letter.
To PHLEBOTOMIZE, fle-bdt'ti-mize, r.a.
To let blood. ,
PHLEBOTOMY, fle-b&t'to-me, Blood letting , the art or practice of opening a veinfor medical intentions.
PHLEGM, film, s . 389. The watery hu-mour of the body ; the tough viscid matterdischarged by coughing ; water.PHLEGMAGOGUES, fitg'ma-gigz, s. 889.A purge of the milder sort, supposed to evacu-ate phlegm, and leave the other humours.—See Pathognomonick.
PHLEGMATICK, flig'm£-tfk, a. 510.Abounding in phlegm; generating phlegm;watery ; dull, cold, frigid.
PHLEGMON , fleg'mSn, *. 166. An inflam-ihatirm, a burning! tumour.PHLEGMONOUS, fllg'ml-nus, a. Inflam-matory, burning.
PHLEME, Heme , a. An instrument whichm placed oft the vein, ami driven into it with ablow,
PHLOGISTIC, fl^jls'tlk, a. Having phlo-giston.
Phlogiston, fl&-jis't6n, or fl^-gls'iSn, *.
560. Achvmical liquor extremely inflamma-ble ; the inflammable part of any nody.t? Professors of every srt think they add to it*digwity, not only by deriving the terms of it from thewneek, but by pronouncing these terms contrary to theanalogy of our own language. For this reason ourPronunciation becomes full of anomalies, and the pro-f «*9ors of an art speak one language, and the rest ofthe world another. Those, therefore, who are not'nymisls, ought, in my opiniou, to enter their protest
against the irregular soond of the g in this and similarwords. Pronouncing the g soft would only hurt thepride of the professor ; but pronouncing it bard wouldhurt the genius of tbe language.—See Heterogeneous*
PHOSPHOR, fSs'f&r, 166, Is. The mom-PHOSPHORUS,f5s'fo-rus, ) ing star; achymical substance, which,exposed to the air,takes fire.
PHRASE, fr&ze, s. An idiom, a mode ofspeech peculiar to a language ; an expression,a mode of speech.
To PHRASE, fraze, c. a. To style, to call,to term.
PHRASEOLOGY , frA-ze-Sllo-je s. 518.
Style, diction; a phrase-book.PHRENETICK, fre-net']k, a. Mad, in-flamed in the brain, frantick.
& This word, as well as Frenitis , is pronounced byMr. Sheridan with the acceut on the first »yliable; inwhich, though lie is contrary to analogy, he is consist-ent. But Dr. Johnson, I?r. Kenrick, and Mr. Bar-clay, pronounce Frenetlck with the accent on the firstsyllable, and Phrenitis with the accent on the second.That the penultimate accent is the true pronunciationin both can scarcely be doubted, if we consult analogy,509; and that it is most in use may appear from theadditional suffrages of Dr. Ash, Mr. Nares, Mr. Scott,Mr.'Ferry , W. Johnston, Entick, Bailey, and Fenning.PHRENITIS, fre-nl'tis, s. 503. Madness;
Inflammation of the brain.
PHRENSY, fren'ze, s. Madness, frantick-Hess.
PHTHISICAL, tiz'zi-kdl, a. 413. Wasting.PHTHISICK,t?z'zik,*. 413. A consumption.PHTHISIS , Mti'sis, s. 544. A consumption.PHYLACTERY, fe-l4k't8r-8, *. A band-age on which was inscribed some memorablesentence.
PHYSICAL, flz'ze-kal ; a. Relating tonature or to natural philosophy, not moral ;pertaining to the science of healing ; medici-nal, helpful to health ; resembling physick.PHYSICALLY, flz'ze-kil-le, ad. Accord-ing to nature,by natural operation,not morally.PHYSICIAN, fe-zlsh'an, s. One who pro-fesses the art of healing.
PHYSICK, flz'zlk, 5. The science of heal-ing ; medicines, remedies; in common phrase,
To PHYSICK, f5z'z?k, v. a To purge, to
treat with physick, to cure.PHYSICOTHEOLOGY, fiz-z8-k8-f/ic-8l-lA-je, s. Divinity enforced or illustratedby natural philosophy. ... ,
PHYSIOGNOMER, fizh-A-8g'n8-mfir, orlfiz-e-8g'no-mfir, , C
PHYSIOGNOMIST, flzh-fc-Sg no-mist,f618,*. One who judges of the temper}or future fortune by the features of the face,ty For the propriety of pronouncing the s in thesewords like J* we need only appeal to analogy. S be-fore a diphthong beginning with i, and having the ac-cent before it, either primary or seeondery. alwa.ilgoes into s/t, ns tnay be seen, Principles , No “J-secondary accent on the first syllable ot . ,.
gives a feebleness to the second, »h | choccas,on« theaspiration of* as much a» in evasion ,nwh'ere the . is
g«m, k .r^5ncia,ion-see Dccie*
PHYSIOGNOMY, flzh-Mg nA-me, *. Theart of discovering the temper and foreknow-ing the fortune by the features ol the face ;the face, the cast of the look.