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The portion of land assigned by a sovereign prince for the subsistence of his younger sons.

habiliments or array. Fresh in his new apparel, proud and young. Denham. At public devotion his resigned carriage made religion appear in the natural apparel of simplicity. Tatler.

being seen, or easily seen; open to view; visible to the eye; within sight or view. The moon . . . apparent queen. Milton.

To make application for the removal of (a cause) from an inferior to a superior judge or court for a rehearing or review on account of alleged injustice or illegality in the trial below. We say, the cause was appealed from an inferior court.

One who makes an appeal.

To 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 app…

A thing seed; a phenomenon; a phase; an apparition; as, an appearance in the sky.

One who appears. Sir T. Browne.

One who appeases; a pacifier.

Relating to an appeal; appellate. "An appellant jurisdiction." Hallam. Party appellant (Law), the party who appeals; appellant; -- opposed to respondent, or appellee. Tomlins.

Pertaining to a common name; serving as a distinctive denomination; denominative; naming. Cudworth.

The person who institutes an appeal, or prosecutes another for a crime. Blackstone.

y a string, so that the thing is suspended; as, a seal appended to a record; the inscription was appended to the column.

One who applauds.

a joke, the sheets are so doubled (like the cover of an apple turnover) as to prevent any one from getting at his length between them. Halliwell, Conybeare. -- Apple-pie order, perfect order or arrangement. [Colloq.] Halliwell.

One who apples for something; one who makes request; a petitioner. The applicant for a cup of water. Plumtre. The court require the applicant to appear in person. Z. Swift.

ces which extend the power of man over the elements. I. Taylor. Applicate number (Math.), one which applied to some concrete case. -- Applicate ordinate, right line applied at right angles to the axis of any conic section, and bounded by the curve.

The act of applying or laying on, in a literal sense; as, the application of emollients to a diseased limb.

To lay or place; to put or adjust (one thing to another); -- with to; as, to apply the hand to the breast; to apply medicaments to a diseased part of the body. He said, and the sword his throat applied. Dryden.

A passing tone preceding an essential tone, and borrowing the time it occupies from that; a short auxiliary or grace note one degree above or below the principal note unless it be of the same harmony; -- generally indicated by a note of smaller size, as in the illustration above. It forms no essential part of the harmo…