2. [See Philippic.] To write or speak in the style of a philippic.

Phi*lis"ter (?), n. [G.] A Philistine; -- a cant name given to townsmen

by students in German universities.

Phi*lis"tine (?), n. [L. Philistinus, Heb. Phlishth, pl. Phlishthm.] 1.

A native or an inhabitant of ancient Philistia, a coast region of

southern Palestine.