And thus the filial Godhead answering spoke.
Milton.
Fil"ial*ly (?), adv. In a filial manner.
Fil"i*ate (?), v. t. To adopt as son or daughter; to establish
filiation between. [R.] Southey.
Fil`i*a"tion (?), n. [LL. filiatio, fr. L. filius son: cf. F.
filiation. See Filial.] 1. The relationship of a son or child to a
parent, esp. to a father.
The relation of paternity and filiation.
Sir M. Hale.
2. (Law) The assignment of a bastard child to some one as its father;
affiliation. Smart.
Fil"i*beg (?), n. [Gael. feileadhbeag, i. e., little kilt; feileadh
kilt + beag little, small; cf. filleadh a plait, fold.] Same as Kilt.
[Written also philibeg.]
Fil"i*bus`ter (?), n. [Sp. flibuster, flibustero, corrupted fr. E.
freebooter. See Freebooter.] 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.
Fil"i*bus*ter, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Fillibustered (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Filibustering.] 1. To act as a filibuster, or military freebooter.
Bartlett.
2. To delay legislation, by dilatory motions or other artifices.
[political cant or slang, U.S.] Bartlett.
Fil"i*bus`ter*ism (?), n. The characteristics or practices of a
filibuster. Bartlett.
Fil"i*cal (?), a. Belonging to the Filices, r ferns.
Fi*lic"ic (?), a. [L. filix, -icis, a fern.] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or
derived from, ferns; as, filicic acid.
Fil"i*cide (?), n. [L. filius son, filia daughter + caedere to kill.]
The act of murdering a son or a daughter; also, parent who commits such
a murder.
Fi*lic"i*form (?), a. [L. filix, -icis, fern + -form: cf. F.
filiciforme] Shaped like a fern or like the parts of a fern leaf.
Smart.
Fil"i*coid (?), a. [L. filix, -icis, fern + -oid: cf. F. filicoiÔde.]
(Bot.) Fernlike, either in form or in the nature of the method of
reproduction.
Fil"i*coid, n. (Bot.) A fernlike plant. Lindley.
Fi*li"e*ty (?), n. [L. filietas.] The relation of a son to a father;
sonship; -- the correlative of paternity. J. S. Mill.
Fi*lif"er*ous (?), a. [L. filum a thread + -ferous.] Producing threads.
Carpenter.
Fil"i*form (?), a. [L. filum thread + -form: cf. F. filiforme.] Having
the shape of a thread or filament; as, the filiform papillÊ of the
tongue; a filiform style or peduncle. See Illust. of Antenn∆.
{ Fil"i*grain, Fil"i*grane } (?), n. [Sp. filigrana (cf. It. filigrana,
E. filigrane), fr. L. filuma thread + granum grain. See File a row, and
Grain, and cf. Filigree.] Filigree. [Archaic]
With her head . . . touches the crown of filigrane.
Longfellow.