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Paid; pleased. [Obs.] Chaucer.

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

ay. "Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness." Jas. i. 21. Let Pleasure go, put Care apart. Keble.

of indifference, incapable of being ruffled or roused to active interest or exertion by pleasure, pain, or passion. "The apathy of despair." Macaulay. A certain apathy or sluggishness in his nature which led him . . . to leave events to take their own course. Prescott. According to the Stoics, apathy meant the extinct…

Openly; clearly. [Archaic]

Having no petals, or flower leaves. [See Illust. under Anther].

ar summit of anything; as, the apex of a mountain, spire, or cone; the apex, or tip, of a leaf.

A group of wingless insects, of which the flea in the type. See Flea.

Turning away from the sun; -- said of leaves, etc. Darwin.

Destitute of leaves, as the broom rape, certain euphorbiaceous plants, etc.

Terminated abruptly by a small, distinct point, as a leaf.

Bending away from the ground; -- said of leaves, etc. Darwin.

The apogeotropic tendency of some leaves, and other parts.

he zeolites, usually occurring in square prisms or octahedrons with pearly luster on the cleavage surface. It is a hydrous silicate of calcium and potassium.

Clear or manifest to the understanding; plain; evident; obvious; known; palpable; indubitable. It is apparent foul play. Shak.

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

o stand in presence of some authority, tribunal, or superior person, to answer a charge, plead a cause, or the like; to present one's self as a party or advocate before a court, or as a person to be tried. We must all appear before the judgment seat. * Cor. v. 10. One ruffian escaped because no prosecutor dared to appe…

Having small appendages; forming an appendage. Appendiculate leaf, a small appended leaf. Withering.

soever sensible good may be wished for; the object of will is that good which reason does lead us to seek. Hooker.

ustrate agreement or disagreement, fitness, or correspondence; as, I make the remark, and leave you to make the application; the application of a theory.