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s. The principal subgenus is Sorghum, including A. sorghum and A. halepensis, from which have been derived the Chinese sugar cane, the Johnson grass, the Aleppo grass, the broom corn, and the durra, or Indian millet. Several East Indian species, as A. nardus and A. schonanthus, yield fragrant oils, used in perfumery.…

one less than a right angle, or less than 90º. -- Adjacent or Contiguous angles, such as have one leg common to both angles. -- Alternate angles. See Alternate. -- Angle bar. (a) (Carp.) An upright bar at the angle where two faces of a polygonal or bay window meet. Knight. (b) (Mach.) Same as Angle iron. -- Angle b…

or proportion; to conform; to correspond; to suit; -- usually with to. That the time may have all shadow and silence in it, and the place answer to convenience. Shak. If this but answer to my just belief, I 'll remember you. Shak. As in water face answereth to face, so the heart of man to man. Pro

by prior action. To anticipate and prevent the duke's purpose. R. Hall. He would probably have died by the hand of the executioner, if indeed the executioner had not been anticipated by the populace. Macaulay.

Opposition of one law or rule to another law or rule. Different commentators have deduced from it the very opposite doctrines. In some instances this apparent antinomy is doubtful. De Quincey.

Natural contrariety; incompatibility; repugnancy of qualities; as, oil and water have antipathy. A habit is generated of thinking that a natural antipathy exists between hope and reason. I. Taylor.

ly. "How he apes his sire." Addison. The people of England will not ape the fashions they have never tried. Burke.

To shorten by aphesis. These words . . . have been aphetized. New Eng. Dict.

Mammals which have no placenta.

One of certain animals that have no feet or footlike organs; esp. one of certain fabulous birds which were said to have no feet.

s, which omission is marked by the character ['] placed where the letter or letters would have been; as, call'd for called.

Relating to an issue of fulfillment. In this way a passage in the Old Testament may have, or rather comprise, an apotelesmatic sense, i. e., one of after or final accomplishment. M. Stuart.

To seem; to have a certain semblance; to look. They disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. Matt. vi. 16.

Hanging; annexed; adjunct; concomitant; as, a seal appendant to a paper. As they have transmitted the benefit to us, it is but reasonable we should suffer the appendant calamity. Jer. Taylor.

ncy of an organized body to seek what satisfies the wants of its organism. These lacteals have mouths, and by animal selection or appetency the absorb such part of the fluid as is agreeable to their palate. E. Darwin.

Desire for, or relish of, food or drink; hunger. Men must have appetite before they will eat. Buckle.

y application to study. Had his application been equal to his talents, his progress night have been greater. J. Jay.

To suit; to agree; to have some connection, agreement, or analogy; as, this argument applies well to the case.

norary part or exercise, as an oration, etc., at a public exhibition of a college; as, to have an appointment. [U.S.]

To take or seize; to take hold of. [Archaic] We have two hands to apprehended it. Jer. Taylor.