filIbuster

[Sp., from filibote, flibote =a fast sailing ve el, from Eng. flyboat; Dut. vlieboot. In Fr. fil i bustier.] 1. Originally one of a number of buccaneers, who infested the West Indian seas, preying on the Spanish commerce with South America; now applied to any lawle military adventurer, especially one in quest of plunder; a freebooter, a pirate. Applied more especially to the followers of Lopez in his expedition to Cuba in 1851, and to those of William Walker, who, after various military enterprises in Central America, was taken and shot on Sept. 12 1860. †fil-1-büs-ter, v . i . [FILIBUSTER, 8. ] 1. To act as a filibuster or freebooter. 2. To resort to irregular means to impede or defeat legislation; as, by dilatory motions, refusing to vote, breaking a quorum, . fil-I-bus-ter-ing, pr.par. or a. [FILIBUSTER, v.] A. As pr. par.: (See the verb.) B. As . adj .: (See illustration.) "WASHINGTON, February 20.-The Republicans and Eastern Democrats renewed their filibustering ." -Chicago Journal , Feb. 21, 1894.