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Destitute of skin. Brande & C.

Appealable.

Capability of appeal.

Relating to an appeal; appellate. "An appellant jurisdiction." Hallam. Party appellant (Law), the party who appeals; appellant; -- opposed to respondent, or appellee. Tomlins.

Pertaining to, or taking cognizance of, appeals. "Appellate jurisdiction." Blackstone. "Appellate judges." Burke. Appelate court, a court having cognizance of appeals.

called and known; name; title; designation. They must institute some persons under the appellation of magistrates. Hume.

A common name, distinction from a proper name. A common name, or appellative, stands for a whole class, genus, or species of beings, or for universal ideas. Thus, tree is the name of all plants of a particular class; plant and vegetable are names of things that grow out of the earth. A proper name, on the other hand, s…

After the manner of nouns appellative; in a manner to express whole classes or species; as, Hercules is sometimes used appellatively, that is, as a common name, to signify a strong man.

The quality of being appellative. Fuller.

Containing an appeal. An appellatory libel ought to contain the name of the party appellant. Ayliffe.

The defendant in an appeal; -- opposed to appellant.

The person who institutes an appeal, or prosecutes another for a crime. Blackstone.

A proverb. [Obs.]

A brilliant star in the constellation Auriga.

The curate of a chapel; a chaplain. [Obs.] Fuller.

The private orchestra or band of a prince or of a church.

A swelling, like a wen, on the point of the elbow (or the heel of the hock) of a horse, caused probably by bruises in lying dowm.

The musical director in royal or ducal chapel; a choirmaster. [Written also kepellmeister.]

See A cappella.

A simple pistil or single-celled ovary or seed vessel, or one of the parts of a compound pistil, ovary, or seed vessel. See Illust of Carpaphore.