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▪ I. fillip, n.|ˈfɪlɪp|
Forms: α. 6 fillippe, -op(pe, fyl(l)ippe, -yp(pe, -op, 6–9 filip, (6 -op), (8 fillup), 6– fillip. β. 6–7 phillip, (6 phil(l)ippe, phylyp, 7 philip, -lop).
[app. onomatopœic; cf. flip, flirt, used in similar sense. The n. and vb. appear nearly contemporaneously in 16th c.; it is uncertain which is the source of the other.]
1. A movement made by bending the last joint of a finger against the thumb and suddenly releasing it (so as to propel some small object, or merely as a gesture); a smart stroke or tap given by this means.
1530Palsgr. 220/1 Fyllippe with ones fyngar, chicquenode. 1589Pasquil's Ret. 20 Their Bookes be Glasse, giue them but a filip, they run to powder. 1594Plat Jewell-ho. iii. 44 Gestures..or actions, as..a crosse made on the forehead for a C, a phillip for D. 1619Rich Irish Hubbub (1623) 24 Hee..gives the cup a phillip to make it cry Twango. 1721–1800Bailey, Fillip, a throw of a Piece of Money with one's Finger or Nail. 1791Boswell Johnson 10 Apr. an. 1772, The Prince..by a fillip, made some of it [wine] fly in Oglethorpe's face. 1862Merivale Rom. Emp. (1865) IV. xxxvi. 234 He could..draw blood from a slave's head with a fillip.
b. Something of small importance; a trifle. Also, a short space of time, a moment.
1621Molle Camerar. Liv. Libr. v. xvii. 386 The rest is not worth a fillip with the finger. 1633D. R[ogers] Treat. Sacraments i. 171 If the Lord then crosse thee so, not in some petty filip of a finger, but in a tedious sort. 1821Byron Sardan. i. ii, Eat, drink, and love; the rest's not worth a fillip. 1880W. E. Griffis Jap. Fairy World xvii. (1887) 150 The tortoise..in a fillip of the finger was down in the gardens of Riu Gu.
2. In a wider sense: A smart blow (with the fist, etc.). Now rare.
1543Becon Invect. agst. Swearing 28 a, Suche a fylyppe, as shal fylyppe them downe into the botome of hell fyre. 1575J. Still Gamm. Gurton v. ii. in Hazl. Dodsley III. 238 There was a knave not far, Who caught one good filip on the brow with a door-bar. 1618Fletcher Chances iii. iv, One, if foule play Should fall upon us..Will not flie back for phillips. 1772tr. Galland's Arab. Nts. IV. 151 One give poor Bakbarah a filip on the nose with all her strength.
fig.1788T. Jefferson Writ. (1859) II. 250 The Marquis de la Fayette, with several others, have lately received a fillip for having assembled to sign a memorial to the King.
3. Something that serves to rouse, excite, or animate; a stimulus.
a1700B. E. Dict. Cant. Crew, Give Nature a Fillip, to Debauch a little now and then with Women, or Wine. 1740Cheyne Regimen 80, I willingly allow, that fermented..Liquors, are excellent Remedies, temporary Filips, Whips or Spurs. 1817Coleridge Biog. Lit. 238 This bon mot gave a fillip to my spirits. 1837Whittock Bk. Trades (1842) 273 A remission of two-thirds the duty on flint-glass..has given the trade a fillip. 1847J. Wilson Chr. North (1857) I. 144 Without the filip of a little scandal.
▪ II. fillip, v.|ˈfɪlɪp|
[See the n.]
1. trans. To put into motion by a fillip; to toss (a coin) with a fillip. Also with away, down, forth, off.
1543[see fillip n. 2.] 1584R. Scot Discov. Witchcr. xiii. xxx. 338 When he hath filipped the monie..he must saie; What is it? 1622Donne Serm. xvi. 157 Not be able to nip or fillip away one of his own wormes. a1680Charnock Attrib. God (1834) II. 70 That can..fillip nature with his finger into that nothing whence he drew it. 1783F. Burney Diary 9 Dec., I was forced to begin filliping off the crumbs..from my muff. 1831A. Fonblanque Eng. under 7 Administ. (1837) II. 155 Had our aforesaid merchant filliped a nut sharply against his bullying giant. 1871Tylor Prim. Cult. I. 61 The use of an elastic switch to fillip small missiles with.
transf. and fig.1535Joye Apol. Tindale (Arb.) 17 These playn testimonyes..wolde take no place with Tindal for..he..agenst me fylipt them forth betwene his fynger and his thombe. 1624Bp. R. Montagu Gagg iii. 42, I like not that the ancient Fathers should so be philipped off, and sent away. 1689Answ. Lords' & Commoners' Sp. 21 Those Tests [etc.]..which..were so easily filliped down by his Vigorous Successor.
b. To stimulate, urge. Also with forward.
1551T. Wilson Logike C viij a, They will..with good indeuoure, filip nature forward. 1819Shelley Cyclops 145 Pour: that the draught may fillip my remembrance.
2. To strike with a fillip; to tap smartly with the nail-joint of the finger. Also with out.
1580Baret Alv. F 505 To fillip one, talitrum impingere, incutere, infringere alicui. 1586J. Hooker Girald. Irel. in Holinshed II. 86/1 There is not a meane subject that dare extend his hand to fillip a peere of the realme. 1626Bacon Sylva §725 If you fillip a Lute-string, it sheweth double, or Treble. 1681Depos. Cast. York (Surtees) 249 My Lorde..did arise from his seate and phillipped him over the nose. 1786tr. Beckford's Vathek (1834) 49 Others poised themselves over a fire, and without mercy filliped their noses. 1851D. Jerrold St. Giles xxviii. 288 Like earthen vessels; that properly filliped.. should perforce reveal a..fracture. 1862H. W. Fuller Dis. Lungs 35 A good example of it may be obtained by filiping the inflated cheeks.
transf. and fig.1607Shakes. Cor. v. iii. 59 Then let the Pibbles on the hungry beach Fillop the starres. 1667Denham Direct. Paint. ii. ii. 66 How the hard Pellets fell away as dead, By our inchanted Timber fillipped. 1857Reade Course of True Love ii. (1868) 42 Patrick..could not bear to be filliped. 1876T. Hardy Ethelberta I. 148 To escape the risk of having his eyes filliped out by the twigs that impeded his progress.
3. gen. To strike smartly.
1577Holinshed Chron. (1808) IV. 220 There was one [stone] that lent him a blow on the shoulder, an other of them philipped him on the fingers. 1597Shakes. 2 Hen. IV, i. ii. 255 If I do, fillop me with a three-man-Beetle.
4. intr. To make a fillip with the fingers. Also, to fillip with (one's) fingers, and to fillip it.
1577B. Googe Heresbach's Husb. (1586) ii. 110 b, If you do but fillip with your finger upon the other end. 1599Porter Angry Wom. Abingd. in Hazl. Dodsley VII. 300 When he scarce can trim His gouty fingers, thus he'll phillip it. 1626Bacon Sylva §183 If you..fillip upon the Brim, or outside. 1670R. Lassels Voy. Italy II. 407 Of such a rare timber, that one filipping upon one end of them, you heare it easily at the other end. 1842Tennyson Godiva 25 He laugh'd..Then fillip'd at the diamond in her ear. 1871B. Taylor Faust (1875) II. i. iii. 40 Just see me fillip with my fingers.
b. quasi-trans. To give a fillip with (the fingers).
1712Hearne Collect. III. 371 Then filip your Finger and Thomb.
Hence ˈfilliped ppl. a., ˈfilliping vbl. n.
1611Cotgr., Chiquenaudé, fillipped. 1622Massinger Virg. Mart. v. i, Tush, all these tortures are but fillipings, Fleabitings. a1693Urquhart Rabelais iii. xx. 169 Interlarded with a double row of bobs and finger filipings. 1856Dobell Eng. in Time of War, Shower in War Time, The drip Did whip the filliped pool. |