APIECE
APIE'CE, adverb [a and piece.]To each; noting the share of each; as here is an orange apiece
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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APIS
A'PIS, noun In mythology, an ox, worshiped in ancient Egypt, or a divinity or idol in the figure of an ox.A'PIS, noun [Latin] In zoology, the bee, a genus of insects, of the ord...
APISH
A'PISH, adjective [See Ape.] Having the qualities of an ape; inclined to imitate in a servile manner; hence, foolish, foppish, affected, trifling, insignificant; as, an apish fe...
APISHLY
A'PISHLY, adverb In an apish manner; with servile imitation; foppishly.
APISHNESS
A'PISHNESS, noun The quality of being apish; mimicry; foppery.
APITPAT
APIT'PAT, With quick beating or palpitation; a word formed from the sound, pit and pat, or from beat.
APLANATIC
APLANAT'IC, adjective [Gr. to wander.]An aplanatic telescope is one which entirely corrects the aberration of the rays of light. It is thus distinguished from the achromatic, wh...
APLOME
APLO'ME, noun [Gr. simple.]A mineral closely allied to garnet. It is considered by Jameson, as crystallized common garnet. It is a rare mineral, found in dodecahedrons, with rho...
APLUSTER
APLUS'TER,APLUS'TRE, noun [Latin from Gr. the summit of the poop of a ship.]An ensign, or ornament carried by ancient ships. It was shaped like a plume of feathers, fastened on ...
APLUSTRE
APLUS'TRE, n. [L. from Gr. the summit of the poop of a ship.]An ensign, or ornament carried by ancient ships. It was shaped like a plume of feathers, fastened on the neck of a g...
APOCALYPSE
APOC'ALYPSE, noun apoc'alyps. [Gr. from to disclose; and to cover.]Revelation; discovery; disclosure. The name of a book of the New Testament, containing many discoveries or pre...
APOCALYPTIC
APOCALYP'TIC,APOCALYP'TICAL, adjective Containing or pertaining to revelation; disclosing.
APOCALYPTICAL
APOCALYP'TICAL, a. Containing or pertaining to revelation; disclosing.
APOCALYPTICALLY
APOCALYP'TICALLY, adverb By revelation; in the manner of disclosure.
APOCOPATE
APOC'OPATE, verb transitive [See apocope.]To cut off, or drop the last letter or syllable of a word.
APOCOPATED
APOC'OPATED, participle passive Shortened by the omission of the last letter or syllable.
APOCOPATING
APOC'OPATING, participle present tense Cutting off, or omitting the last letter or syllable.
APOCOPE
APOC'OPE,APOC'OPY, noun [Gr. abscission, of and to cut.]The cutting off, or omission of the last letter or syllable of a word; as di for dii.
APOCOPY
APOC'OPY, n. [Gr. abscission, of and to cut.]The cutting off, or omission of the last letter or syllable of a word; as di for dii.
APOCRISARY
APOC'RISARY, noun [Gr. from answer, to answer.]Anciently a resident in an imperial city, in the name of a foreign church or bishop, answering to the modern nuncio. He was a proc...
APOCRUSTIC
APOCRUST'IC, adjective [Gr. from, to drive from.]Astringent; repelling.APOCRUST'IC, noun A medicine which constringes, and repels the humors; a repellent.
APOCRYPHA
APOC'RYPHA, noun [Gr. from, to conceal.]Literally such things as are not published; but in an appropriate sense, books whose authors are not known; whose authenticity, as inspir...
APOCRYPHAL
APOC'RYPHAL, adjective Pertaining to the apecrypha; not canonical; of uncertain authority or credit; false; fictitious.
APOCRYPHALLY
APOC'RYPHALLY, adverb Uncertainly; not indisputably.
APOCRYPHALNESS
APOC'RYPHALNESS, noun Uncertainty, as to authenticity; doubtfulness of credit, or genuineness.
APODAL
AP'ODAL, adjective [See apode.]Without feet; in zoology, destitute of ventral fins.
APODE
AP'ODE, noun [Gr. foot.]An animal that has no feet, applied to certain fabulous fowls, which are said to have no legs, and also to some birds that have very short legs.In zoolog...