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A group of cirripeds, destitute of footlike organs.

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

A copy or transcript. Blount.

That branch of theology which defends the Holy Scriptures, and sets forth the evidence of their divine authority.

hat is alleged. Hence: To call on one for aid; to make earnest request. I appeal to the Scriptures in the original. Horsley. They appealed to the sword. Macaulay.

An appellation or title; a descriptive name. God chosen it for one of his appellatives to be the Defender of them. Jer. Taylor.

as by a string, so that the thing is suspended; as, a seal appended to a record; the inscription was appended to the column.

Appended by prescription, 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…

smuttiness upon their leaves and fruit. Temple. This tree, if unprotected, is apt to be stripped of the leaves by a leaf-cutting ant. Lubbock.

of columns along their sides, but are either prostyle or amphiprostyle, and opposed to peripteral. R. Cyc.

A fabaceous tree of Brazil (Centrolobium robustum) having handsomely striped wood; --called also zebrawood.

A description of, or a treatise on, antiquity or antiquities.

istoric antiquities, such as the remains of buildings or monuments of an early epoch, inscriptions, implements, and other relics, written manuscripts, etc.

vocabulary corresponding (in point of archaism and remoteness from ordinary use) to our Scriptural vocabulary. De Quincey.

A follower of Aristotle; a Peripatetic. See Peripatetic.

The philosophy of Aristotle, otherwise called the Peripatetic philosophy.

ting the first line of defense), territorial forces, or the like. In countries where conscription prevails a soldier is supposed to serve a given number of years. He is usually enrolled first in the regular army, then passes to its reserve, then into the home reserves, to serve until he reaches the age limit. It for a…

A piece so adapted; a transcription; as, a pianoforte arrangement of Beethoven's symphonies; an orchestral arrangement of a song, an opera, or the like.

A systematic description of the arteries.

The description of joints.