Philip
(ˈfɪlɪp)
Also 5 phelipp, 6 phylyp, 7 phillip.
[A personal name, in F. Philippe, L. Philippus, a. Gr. ϕίλιππος, lit. lover of horses.]
1. A man's name: well known as that of the king of Macedon, father of Alexander, referred to in the expression ‘to appeal from Philip drunk to Philip sober’: see quot., and cf. Valer. Max. vi. ii.
| [Cf. 1509 Barclay Shyp of Folys (1874) I. 95, I am no traytoure, apele I woll certayne From dronken Alexander tyll he be sober agayne. 1568 North Gueuara's Diall Pr. iv. xviii. (1582) 439 After he had geuen iudgement..against a poore widow woman, she aunswered streight..I appeale to king Philip which is now drunk: y{supt} when hee is sober, he returne to geue sentence.] 1886 Mrs. E. Lynn Linton Paston Carew i, Not even appealing from Philip drunk to Philip sober. |
b. Philip, the Evangelist: see Acts viii. 26–40.
| 1607 Hieron Wks. I. 299 God encrease the number of such Philips, and make vs all such as the eunuch was in this particular. |
† 2. Name of certain old French, Spanish, and Burgundian coins, of gold and silver, issued by kings or dukes of this name. Obs.
| 1482 Cely Papers (1900) 126 Item an phellypus..iijs iiij{supd} fls. 1617 Moryson Itin. i. 286 A Rhenish Gold Gulden..the siluer Phillips Doller, was of the same value. 1632 Lithgow Trav. x. 454 Eleauen Philippoes or Ducatons. 1769 Ann. Reg. 135/2 The damage as yet is estimated at four millions of philippis. |
3. A name formerly given to a sparrow: also phip (perh. in imitation of its chirp). Obs. exc. dial.: also dial. applied to the hedge-sparrow (Swainson Prov. Names Brit. Birds).
| a 1529 Skelton Ph. Sparowe 26 Nothynge it auayled To call Phylyp agayne, Whom Gyb our cat hath slayne. 1595 Shakes. John i. i. 231 Gour. Good leaue good Philip. Bast. Philip, sparrow, Iames. 1612 Pasquil's Night-Cap (1877) 103 Let chirping Philip learne to catch a flie. 1865 Cornh. Mag. July 36 The house-sparrow is still in many parts Skelton's ‘Philip’, the Philip of the Elizabethan dramatists, and of Cartwright. |
† 4. Philip and Cheyney. a. An expression for two (or more) men of the common people taken at random (cf. ‘Tom, Dick, and Harry’). Also Philip, Hob, and Cheyney. Obs.
| 1542 Udall Erasm. Apoph. ii. Pompeius 280 It was not his entente to bryng vnto Silla philip and cheiny moo then a good meiny, but to bryng hable soudiours of manhood approued and well tryed. a 1563 Becon Display Popishe Masse Wks. iii. 47 Ye praye for Philippe and Chenye, mo than a good meany, for the soules of your great grand Sir and of your olde Beldame Hurre. 1573 Tusser Husb. Ep. Ded. (1878) 8 Loiterers I kept so meanie, Both Philip, Hob, and Cheanie. |
† b. Name for a kind of worsted or woollen stuff of common quality (erroneously Phillipine, Cheny): see cheyney. Obs.
| c 1614 Fletcher, etc. Wit at Sev. Weap. ii. i, Thirteene pound... 'Twill put a Lady scarce in Philip and Cheyney, With three small Bugle Laces, like a Chamber-maid. 1633 in Naworth Househ. Bks. (Surtees) 298, 12 yeardes of Philip and cheyney..for a coate for Mrs. Marie Howard. 1641 Canterb. Marriage Licences (MS.), Peter Donnaing..Phillipp and Chainey weaver. 1650 Will of J. Brooke (Somerset Ho.), My red bed of Phillipp and China. 1668 Head Eng. Rogue ii. xii. (1671) 112 [To] muster up the names of their stuffs,..there's your Parragon, Burragon, Phillipine, Cheny, Grogrum, Mow-hair. |