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Phil·lips (fil′ips)

a screwdriver (Phillips screwdriver) with a cross-shaped, pointed tip: used on a screw (Phillips screw) that has two slots crossing at the center of the head

Etymology: after H. F. Phillips (?-1958), its U.S. developer

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Phil·lips (fil′ips)

Phillips, Wendell (wen′dəl) 1811-84; U.S. abolitionist, reformer, & orator

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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