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Each by itself; by the single one; to each; as the share of each; as, these melons cost a shilling apiece. "Fined . . . a thousand pounds apiece." Hume.

The consequent clause or conclusion in a conditional sentence, expressing the result, and thus distinguished from the protasis or clause which expresses a condition. Thus, in the sentence, "Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him," the former clause is the protasis, and the latter the apodosis.

The apartment at the entrance of the baths, or in the palestra, where one stripped; a dressing room.

by words or arguments; said or written in defense, or by way of apology; regretfully excusing; as, an apologetic essay. "To speak in a subdued and apologetic tone." Macaulay.

Anything provided as a substitute; a makeshift. He goes to work devising apologies for window curtains. Dickens.

is contracted (as in ne'er for never, can't for can not), and as sign of the possessive, singular and plural; as, a boy's hat, boys' hats. In the latter use it originally marked the omission of the letter e.

A dressing room connected with a public bath.

The act of appeasing, or the state of being appeased; pacification. Hayward.

ames of things that grow out of the earth. A proper name, on the other hand, stands for a single thing; as, Rome, Washington, Lake Erie.

Expressing applause; approbative. -- Ap*plau"sive*ly, adv.

A passing tone preceding an essential tone, and borrowing the time it occupies from that; a short auxiliary or grace note one degree above or below the principal note unless it be of the same harmony; -- generally indicated by a note of smaller size, as in the illustration above. It forms no essential part of the harmo…

asping with the intellect; the contemplation of things, without affirming, denying, or passing any judgment; intellection; perception. Simple apprehension denotes no more than the soul's naked intellection of an object. Glanvill.

Containing or expressing approbation; commendatory. Sheldon.

Improvement of common lands, by inclosing and converting them to the uses of husbandry for the advantage of the lord of the manor. Blackstone.

Expressing approbation; commending; as, an approving smile. -- Ap*prov"ing*ly, adv.

Of or pertaining to Aracan, a province of British Burmah. -- n. sing. & pl.

Of or pertaining to Aragon, in Spain, or to its inhabitants. -- n. sing. & pl.

nstructed of stones cut into wedges or other shapes so as to support each other without rising in a curve.

ew, or Archimedes' screw, an instrument, said to have been invented by Archimedes, for raising water, formed by winding a flexible tube round a cylinder in the form of a screw. When the screw is placed in an inclined position, and the lower end immersed in water, by causing the screw to revolve, the water is raised to…

preserved as evidence of facts; as, the archives of a country or family. [Rarely used in sing.] Some rotten archive, rummaged out of some seldom explored press. Lamb.