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others wrong, or of what may be liable to disapprobation; justification; as, Tertullian's Apology for Christianity. It is not my intention to make an apology for my poem; some will think it needs no excuse, and others will receive none. Dryden.

An instrument for measuring the height of objects. Knight.

The art of measuring the distance of objects afar off. [Obs. or R.]

A crystalline alkaloid obtained from morphia. It is a powerful emetic.

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.

Sung or addressed to one departing; valedictory; as, apoplectic songs or hymns.

A figure by which a speaker formally declines to take notice of a favorable point, but in such a manner as to produce the effect desired. [For example, see Mark Antony's oration. Shak., Julius Cæsar, iii. 2.]

An apohlegmatic medicine.

The action of apophlegmatics.

An apophlegmatic. [Obs.]

See Apothegm.

Same as Apothegmatic.

The small hollow curvature given to the top or bottom of the shaft of a column where it expands to meet the edge of the fillet; -- called also the scape. Parker.

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

A marked prominence or process on any part of a bone.

One liable to, or affected with, apoplexy.

Relating to apoplexy; affected with, inclined to, or symptomatic of, apoplexy; as, an apoplectic person, medicine, habit or temperament, symptom, fit, or stroke.

Resembling apoplexy.