Part 4300

<hw>Fil"ial*ly</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a filial manner.</def>

<h1>Filiate</h1> <Xpage=559>

<hw>Fil"i*ate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To adopt as son or daughter; to establish filiation between.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Southey.</i>

<h1>Filiation</h1> <Xpage=559>

<hw>Fil`i*a"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[LL. <ets>filiatio</ets>, fr. L. <ets>filius</ets> son: cf. F. <ets>filiation</ets>. See <er>Filial</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The relationship of a son or child to a parent, esp. to a father.</def>

<blockquote>The relation of paternity and <b>filiation</b>. <i>Sir M. Hale.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>The assignment of a bastard child to some one as its ather; affiliation.</def>

<i>Smart.</i>

<h1>Filibeg</h1> <Xpage=559>

<hw>Fil"i*beg</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gael. <ets>feileadhbeag</ets>, <ets>i</ets>.<ets>e</ets>., little kilt; <ets>feileadh</ets> kilt + <ets>beag</ets> little, small; cf. <ets>filleadh</ets> a plait, fold.]</ety> <def>Same as <er>Kilt</er>.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>philibeg</asp>.]</altsp>

<h1>Filibuster</h1> <Xpage=559>

<hw>Fil"i*bus`ter</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Sp. <ets>flibuster</ets>, <ets>flibustero</ets>, corrupted fr. E. <ets>freebooter</ets>. See <er>Freebooter</er>.]</ety> <def>A lawless military adventurer, especially one in quest of plunder; a freebooter; -- originally applied to buccaneers infesting the Spanish American coasts, but introduced into common English to designate the followers of Lopez in his expedition to Cuba in 1851, and those of Walker in his expedition to Nicaragua, in 1855.</def>

<h1>Filibuster</h1> <Xpage=559>

<hw>Fil"i*bus*ter</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Fillibustered</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Filibustering</er>.]</wordforms> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To act as a filibuster, or military freebooter.</def>

<i>Bartlett.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To delay legislation, by dilatory motions or other artifices.</def> <mark>[political cant or slang, U.S.]</mark>

<i>Bartlett.</i>

<h1>Filibusterism</h1> <Xpage=559>

<hw>Fil"i*bus`ter*ism</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The characteristics or practices of a filibuster.</def>

<i>Bartlett.</i>

<h1>Filical</h1> <Xpage=559>

<hw>Fil"i*cal</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Belonging to the <i>Filices</i>, r ferns.</def>

<h1>Filicic</h1> <Xpage=559>

<hw>Fi*lic"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>filix</ets>, <ets>-icis</ets>, a fern.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Pertaining to, or derived from, ferns; <as>as, <ex>filicic</ex> acid</as>.</def>

<h1>Filicide</h1> <Xpage=559>

<hw>Fil"i*cide</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>filius</ets> son, <ets>filia</ets> daughter + <ets>caedere</ets> to kill.]</ety> <def>The act of murdering a son or a daughter; also, parent who commits such a murder.</def>

<h1>Filiciform</h1> <Xpage=559>