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The person who is appealed against, or accused of crime; -- opposed to appellor. Blackstone.

Pressed close to, or lying against, something for its whole length, as against a stem, Gray.

th treason or felony, together with an accusation of his accomplish and a giving evidence against them in order to obtain his own pardon. The term is no longer in use; it corresponded to what is now known as turning king's (or queen's) evidence in England, and state's evidence in the United States. Burrill. Bouvier.…

A driving or running towards; approach; impulse; also, the act of striking against. In all consonants there is an appulse of the organs. Holder.

A driving or striking against; an appulse.

Striking against; impinging; as, the appulsive influence of the planets. P. Cyc.

A platform, or flooring of plank, at the entrance of a dock, against which the dock gates are shut.

or overthrow a proposition, opinion, or measure; to use arguments; to reason. I argue not Against Heaven's hand or will. Milton.

as, an argument about, concerning, or regarding a proposition, for or in favor of it, or against it.

lumn. P. Cyc. Arris fillet, a triangular piece of wood used to raise the slates of a roof against a chimney or wall, to throw off the rain. Gwilt. -- Arris gutter, a gutter of a V form fixed to the eaves of a building. Gwilt.

ticles; to set forth in distinct particulars. If all his errors and follies were articled against him, the man would seem vicious and miserable. Jer. Taylor.

f wealth. J. S. Mill. Without some power of persuading or confuting, of defending himself against accusations, . . . no man could possibly hold an ascendent position. Grote.

One who assures. Specifically: One who insures against loss; an insurer or underwriter.

An instrument which, placed against the teeth, conveys sound to the auditory nerve and enables the deaf to hear more or less distinctly; a dentiphone.

A writ which lies for a party against whom judgment is recovered, but to whom good matter of discharge has subsequently accrued which could not have been availed of to prevent such judgment. Wharton.

rbitrators in a case submitted."Impatient for the award." Cowper. An award had been given against. Gilpin.

Watchful; vigilant or on one's guard against danger or difficulty.

Again; back against. [Obs.] Chaucer.

A grandfather. [Obs.] Writ of Ayle, an ancient English writ which lay against a stranger who had dispossessed the demandant of land of which his grandfather died seized.

ement of a man or body of men, without changing front. -- Back stream, a current running against the main current of a stream; an eddy. -- To take the back track, to retrace one's steps; to retreat. [Colloq.]