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Mere spiritedness or courage. [Obs.] Skelton. Such as give some proof of animosity, audacity, and execution, those she [the crocodile] loveth. Holland.

A granular igneous rock composed almost exclusively of a soda- lime feldspar, usually labradorite.

The placing of a before another, which, by ordinary rules, ought to follow it.

Destroying the appetite, or suspending hunger.

adapted; suitable or fit; relevant; pat; -- followed by to; as, this argument is very apposite to the case. -- Ap"po*site*ly, adv. -- Ap"po*site*ness, n.

The act of adding; application; accretion. It grows . . . by the apposition of new matter. Arbuthnot.

Pertaining to apposition; put in apposition syntactically. Ellicott.

Of or relating to apposition; in apposition. -- n.

The condition of being wet or watery; wateriness. Huxley. Very little water or aquosity is found in their belly. Holland.

Want of appetite; loathing of food.

See Assythment. [Obs.]

omise, express or implied, oral or in writing not under seal. Common or indebitatus assumpsit is brought for the most part on an implied promise. Special assumpsit is founded on an express promise or undertaking. Wharton.

Of the three bedrooms, two have fireplaces, and all are of fair size, with windows and bedsite well placed. Quart. Rev.

To suit; to fit; to become. [Obs.]

Inflammation of a bursa.

Darkness. [R.] G. Eliot.

A hard or thickened spot or protuberance; a hardening and thickening of the skin or bark of a part, eps. as a result of continued pressure or friction.

Caries.

Fleshy substance or quality; fleshy covering. [Consciences] overgrown with so hard a carnosity. Spelman. The olives, indeed be very small there, and bigger than capers; yet commended they are for their carnosity. Holland.

A visiting card.