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A vassal or voluntary follower of Frankish princes in their enterprises.

One taken at random rather than by selection; anybody.

Pertaining to Aonia, Boeotia, or to the Muses, who were supposed to dwell there. Aonian fount, the fountain of Aganippe, at the foot of Mount Helicon, not far from Thebes, and sacred to the Muses.

That point in the orbit of a double star where the smaller star is farthest from its primary.

The act of opening; an opening; an aperture. [Archaic] Wiseman.

or comet's orbit which is most distant from the sun, the opposite point being the perihelion.

The larva of the lacewinged flies (Chrysopa), which feeds voraciously upon aphids. The name is also applied to the larvæ of the ladybugs (Coccinella).

Loss of voice or vocal utterance.

Without voice; voiceless; nonvocal.

A depth of water so great that only those organisms can exist that do not assimilate.

A letter, or a combination of letters, employed in spelling a word, but in the pronunciation having no sound. -- Aph*thon"gal, a.

An order of holothurians in which the internal respiratory organs are wanting; -- called also Apoda or Apodes.

Shortening by apocope; the state of being apocopated.

Of, pertaining to, or resembling, Apollo.

name used (Rev. ix. 11) for the angel of the bottomless pit, answering to the Hebrew Abaddon.

Any one of the thicker and denser of the deep fasciæ which cover, invest, and the terminations and attachments of, many muscles. They often differ from tendons only in being flat and thin. See Fascia.

Of or pertaining to an aponeurosis.

Dissection of aponeuroses.

The formation of an aposteme; the process of suppuration. [Written corruptly imposthumation.] Wiseman.

The act of becoming visible; appearance; visibility. Milton. The sudden apparition of the Spaniards. Prescott. The apparition of Lawyer Clippurse occasioned much speculation in that portion of the world. Sir W. Scott.