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A genus of insects belonging to the order Hemiptera and family Aphidæ, including numerous species known as plant lice and green flies.

o practical matters. The first aphorism of Hippocrates is, "Life is short, and the art is long." Fleming.

A large marine annelid, covered with long, lustrous, golden, hairlike setæ; the sea mouse.

Belonging to bees.

At or belonging to an apex, tip, or summit. Gray.

Belonging to Apicius, a notorious Roman epicure; hence applied to whatever is peculiarly refined or dainty and expensive in cookery. H. Rogers.

Belonging to the Aplacentata; without placenta.

Belonging to, or resembling, a family of plants, of which the dogbane (Apocynum) is the type.

That which belongs to one by custom or right; a natural adjunct or accompaniment. "Wealth . . . the appanage of wit." Swift.

an historian, an artist, or an orator. Will he now retire, After appearance, and again prolong Our expectation Milton.

n, that is, a personal usage for a considerable time; -- said of a thing of inheritance belonging to another inheritance which is superior or more worthy; as, an advowson, common, etc. , which may be appendant to a manor, common of fishing to a freehold, a seat in church to a house. Wharton. Coke.

To belong or pertain, whether by right, nature, appointment, or custom; to relate. Things appertaining to this life. Hooker. Give it unto him to whom it appertaineth. Lev. vi. 5.

Belonging; appertaining. [Now usually written appurtenant.] Coleridge.

A longing; a desire; especially an ardent desire; appetite; appetency.

Any strong desire; an eagerness or longing. It God had given to eagles an appetite to swim. Jer. Taylor. To gratify the vulgar appetite for the marvelous. Macaulay.

Desire; a longing for, or seeking after, something. Holland.

Set apart for a particular use or person. Hence: Belonging peculiarly; peculiar; suitable; fit; proper. In its strict and appropriate meaning. Porteus. Appropriate acts of divine worship. Stillingfleet. It is not at all times easy to find words appropriate to express our ideas. Locke.

lish and a giving evidence against them in order to obtain his own pardon. The term is no longer in use; it corresponded to what is now known as turning king's (or queen's) evidence in England, and state's evidence in the United States. Burrill. Bouvier.

That which belongs to something else; an adjunct; an appendage; an accessory; something annexed to another thing more worthy; in common parlance and legal acceptation, something belonging to another thing as principal, and which passes as incident to it, as a right of way, or other easement to land; a right of common t…

Something which belongs or appertains to another thing; an appurtenance. Mysterious appurtenants and symbols of redemption. Coleridge.