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A tap or stamp of the foot as a warning of intent to attack; -- called also attack.

Appealable.

Capability of appeal.

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, or taking cognizance of, appeals. "Appellate jurisdiction." Blackstone. "Appellate judges." Burke. Appelate court, a court having cognizance of appeals.

is called and known; name; title; designation. They must institute some persons under the appellation of magistrates. Hume.

A common name, distinction from a proper name. A common name, or appellative, stands for a whole class, genus, or species of beings, or for universal ideas. Thus, tree is the name of all plants of a particular class; plant and vegetable are names of things that grow out of the earth. A proper name, on the other hand, s…

After the manner of nouns appellative; in a manner to express whole classes or species; as, Hercules is sometimes used appellatively, that is, as a common name, to signify a strong man.

The quality of being appellative. Fuller.

Containing an appeal. An appellatory libel ought to contain the name of the party appellant. Ayliffe.

The defendant in an appeal; -- opposed to appellant.

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

In church or chapel style; -- said of compositions sung in the old church style, without instrumental accompaniment; as, a mass a capella, i. e., a mass purely vocal.

A hood-shaped bandage for the head, the shoulder, or the stump of an amputated limb.

See A cappella.

The quality of being inappellable; finality. The inappellability of the councils. Coleridge.

Inappealable; final.

The beat of the drum to call soldiers to arms.

to assert or confirm, as a judgment, decree, or order, brought before an appelate court for review.

An appellation given to a person supposed to be of angelic goodness or loveliness; a darling. When pain and anguish wring the brow. Sir W. Scott.