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

an end; an apparatus or device; as, to use various appliances; a mechanical appliance; a machine with its appliances.

ad, or fear; to fear. The opposition had more reason than the king to apprehend violence. Macaulay.

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

action; 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.

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

. Opportunities 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.

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

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

Water; -- a word much used in pharmacy and the old chemistry, in various signification, determined by the word or words annexed. Aqua ammoniæ, the aqueous solution of ammonia; liquid ammonia; often called aqua ammonia. -- Aqua marine, or Aqua marina. Same as Aquamarine. -- Aqua regia. Etym: [L., royal water] (Chem.),…

A name of the great blue and yellow macaw (Ara ararauna), native of South America.

ion; decision; arbitration. The arbitrament of time. Everett. Gladly at this moment would MacIvor have put their quarrel to personal arbitrament. Sir W. Scott.

The 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.

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

to a seed, as the loose, transparent bag inclosing the seed or the white water lily. The mace of the nutmeg is also an aril. Gray.

l originating from the micropyle instead of from the funicle or chalaza of the ovule. The mace of the nutmeg is an arillode.

A calculating machine.

A slender part of an instrument or machine, projecting from a trunk, axis, or fulcrum; as, the arm of a steelyard.

acelet or ring; consisting of rings or circles. Armillary sphere, an ancient astronomical machine composed of an assemblage of rings, all circles of the same sphere, designed to represent the positions of the important circles of the celestial sphere. Nichol.

The act of furnishing with, or taking, arms. The arming was now universal. Macaulay.