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That part of moral philosophy which treats of virtue, its nature, and the means of attaining to it.

In a row. [Obs.] "All her teeth arew." Spenser.

A soft ornamental terra-cotta pottery, sold in the biscuit state for decorating.

The principal star in Scorpio: -- called also the Scorpion's Heart.

A kind of pack saddle used in the American military service and among the Spanish Americans. It is made of leather stuffed with hay, moss, or the like.

thing; vesture; garments; dress; garb; external habiliments or array. Fresh in his new apparel, proud and young. Denham. At public devotion his resigned carriage made religion appear in the natural apparel of simplicity. Tatler.

Appearance. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Apparentness; state of being apparent. Coleridge.

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

Plainly; clearly; manifestly; evidently. If he should scorn me so apparently. Shak.

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

One who appears. Sir T. Browne.

A design or painting in thin transparent water colors; also, the mode of painting in such colors.

A painter in thin transparent water colors.

Consisting of, or containing, clay and sand, as a soil.

Consisting of, or containing, clay and calcareous earth.

One who carries the armor or arms of another; an armiger. Judg. ix. 54.

Apprised; informed; cognizant; conscious; as, he was aware of the enemy's designs. Aware of nothing arduous in a task They never undertook. Cowper.

dicule of some person who pretended to a knowledge of Latin which he did not possess. Baccare! you are marvelous forward. Shak.

Same as Baccare.