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nderstanding; plain; evident; obvious; known; palpable; indubitable. It is apparent foul play. Shak.

st. I appeal to the Scriptures in the original. Horsley. They appealed to the sword. Macaulay.

gment seat. * Cor. v. 10. One ruffian escaped because no prosecutor dared to appear. Macaulay.

an appetite to swim. Jer. Taylor. To gratify the vulgar appetite for the marvelous. Macaulay.

The act of applying or laying on, in a literal sense; as, the application of emollients to a diseased limb.

To lay or place; to put or adjust (one thing to another); -- with to; as, to apply the hand to the breast; to apply medicaments to a diseased part of the body. He said, and the sword his throat applied. Dryden.

r fear; to fear. The opposition had more reason than the king to apprehend violence. Macaulay.

way, passage, or avenue by which a place or buildings can be approached; an access. Macaulay.

n; approval; sanction; commendation. Many . . . joined in a loud hum of approbation. Macaulay. The silent approbation of one's own breast. Melmoth. Animals . . . love approbation or praise. Darwin.

ecially money, thus set apart. The Commons watched carefully over the appropriation. Macaulay.

ortunities to approve . . . worth. Emerson. He had approved himself a great warrior. Macaulay. 'T is an old lesson; Time approves it true. Byron. His account . . . approves him a man of thought. Parkman.

that he could not submit to be tied to the apron strings even of the best of wives. Macaulay.

rn. He seems to have had a peculiar aptitude for the management of irregular troops. Macaulay.

House of Commons, the archetype of all the representative assemblies which now meet. Macaulay. Types and shadows of that glorious archetype that was to come into the world. South.

gating trees by bending branches to the ground, and covering the small shoots with earth; layering. Chambers.

hement; as, ardent love, feelings, zeal, hope, temper. An ardent and impetuous race. Macaulay.

A coating or overlaying with silver. [R.] Johnson.

Clay, or potter's earth; sometimes pure clay, or alumina. See Clay.

Of the nature of clay; consisting of, or containing, argil or clay; clayey. Argillaceous sandstone (Geol.), a sandstone containing much clay. -- Argillaceous iron ore, the clay ironstone. -- Argillaceous schist or state. See Argillite.

Producing clay; -- applied to such earths as abound with argil. Kirwan.