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other point of the portion without leaving the surface. Thus, some hyperboloids have one nappe, and some have two.

A worsted yarn or cord of peculiar smoothness, used in the manufacture of braid, fringe, etc. Simmonds.

Not admitting of appeal; not appealable. Coleridge.

Incapable of being appeased or satisfied; unappeasable.

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

Inappealable; final.

Want of appetency; want of desire.

One who steals or forcibly carries away a human being; a manstealer.

In Louisiana, a trifling present given to customers by tradesmen; a gratuity.

Default of apperance, as in court, to prosecute or defend; failure to appear.

One who, or that which, snaps; as, a snapper up of trifles; the snapper of a whip.

Not appealable; that can not be carried to a higher tribunal by appeal; as, an unappealable suit or action.

Finished without a nap. I did not attempt her with a threadbare name, Unnapped with meritorious actions. Beau. & Fl.

A diminutive, insignificant, or presumptuous person. [Colloq.] "Little whippersnappers like you." T. Hughes.

One who affects repartee; a wit-cracker. [Obs.] Shak.

A heavy, longnapped, tufted woolen cloth.

an acquaintance when meeting him; a slight. Rip called him by name, but the cur snarled, snapped his teeth, and passed on. This was an unkind cut indeed. W. Irving.

To excuse for nonappearance in court. "I 'll not essoin thee." Quarles.

A frieze or rough-napped cloth. [Obs.]

angling with a fly. -- Fly sheet, a small loose advertising sheet; a handbill. -- Fly snapper (Zoöl.), an American bird (Phainopepla nitens), allied to the chatterers and shrikes. The male is glossy blue-black; the female brownish gray. -- Fly wheel (Mach.), a heavy wheel attached to machinery to equalize the movem…