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Webster 1913 Edition

Fillip

Fil′lip

(fĭl′lĭp)
,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Filliped
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Filliping
.]
[For
filp
,
flip
. Cf.
Flippant
.]
1.
To strike with the nail of the finger, first placed against the ball of the thumb, and forced from that position with a sudden spring; to snap with the finger.
“You fillip me o’ the head.”
Shak.
2.
To snap; to project quickly.
The use of the elastic switch to
fillip
small missiles with.
Tylor.

Fil′lip

,
Noun.
1.
A jerk of the finger forced suddenly from the thumb; a smart blow.
2.
Something serving to rouse or excite.
I take a glass of grog for a
filip
.
Dickens.

Webster 1828 Edition

Fillip

FIL'LIP

,
Verb.
T.
[probably from the root of L. pello, like pelt. See Filly.]
To strike with the nail of the finger, first placed against the ball of the thumb, and forced from that position with some violence.

FIL'LIP

,
Noun.
a jerk of the finger forced suddenly from the thumb.

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