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Distorted vision, in which straight lines appear bent.

A division of birds including the geese, ducks, and closely allied forms.

Where a choir is divided, as in some Spanish churches, that division of it which is the farther from the sanctuary.

A division of nudibranchiate Mollusca, in which the gills form a wreath or cluster upon the posterior part of the back. See Nudibranchiata, and Doris.

anthropology which treats of the actual distribution of the human race in its different divisions, as distinguished by physical character, language, institutions, and customs, in contradistinction to ethnography, which treats historically of the origin and filiation of races and nations. P. Cyc.

scovering or judging of a man's character, passions. and inclinations from a study of his visible features. [R.]

r foresee; to have a previous view or impression of; as, to anticipate the pleasures of a visit; to anticipate the evils of life.

Previous view or impression of what is to happen; instinctive prevision; foretaste; antepast; as, the anticipation of the joys of heaven. The happy anticipation of renewed existence in company with the spirits of the just. Thodey.

a quick pace; quick; fast; speedily. His dewy locks did drop with brine apace. Spenser. A visible triumph of the gospel drawapace. I. Taylor.

A room in a building; a division in a house, separated from others by partitions. Fielding.

A division of Amphineura in which the body is naked or covered with slender spines or setæ, but is without shelly plates.

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

Capable of being seen, or easily seen; open to view; visible to the eye; within sight or view. The moon . . . apparent queen. Milton.

Visibly. [Obs.] Hobbes.

Plainness to the eye or the mind; visibleness; obviousness. [R.] Sherwood.

The act of becoming visible; appearance; visibility. Milton. The sudden apparition of the Spaniards. Prescott. The apparition of Lawyer Clippurse occasioned much speculation in that portion of the world. Sir W. Scott.

To come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible. And God . . . said, Let . . . the dry land appear. Gen. i. 9.

The act of appearing or coming into sight; the act of becoming visible to the eye; as, his sudden appearance surprised me.

To visit. [Obs.] And he applied each place so fast. Chapman. Applied chemistry. See under Chemistry. -- Applied mathematics. See under Mathematics.

The act of apportioning; a dividing into just proportions or shares; a division or shares; a division and assignment, to each proprietor, of his just portion of an undivided right or property. A. Hamilton.