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At or belonging to an apex, tip, or summit. Gray.

See Apex.

Belonging to Apicius, a notorious Roman epicure; hence applied to whatever is peculiarly refined or dainty and expensive in cookery. H. Rogers.

Situated at, or near, the apex; apical.

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

Rearing of bees for their honey and wax.

self; by the single one; to each; as the share of each; as, these melons cost a shilling apiece. "Fined . . . a thousand pounds apiece." Hume.

In pieces or to pieces. [Obs.] "Being torn apieces." Shak.

Trimmed. [Obs.] Full fresh and new here gear apiked was. Chaucer.

An oily liquid derived from parsley.

A student of bees. [R.] Emerson.

The scientific or systematic study of honey bees.

A genus of insects of the order Hymenoptera, including the common honeybee (Apis mellifica) and other related species. See Honeybee.

of an ape; prone to imitate in a servile manner. Hence: Apelike; fantastically silly; foppish; affected; trifling. The apish gallantry of a fantastic boy. Sir W. Scott.

In an apish manner; with servile imitation; foppishly.

The quality of being apish; mimicry; foppery.

With quick beating or palpitation; pitapat. Congreve.

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

The apogeotropic tendency of some leaves, and other parts.

Of or pertaining to Appius. Appian Way, the great paved highway from ancient Rome trough Capua to Brundisium, now Brindisi, constructed partly by Appius Claudius, about 312 b. c.