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‖n. [ Sp. ] A kind of pack saddle used in the American military service and among the Spanish Americans. It is made of leather stuffed with hay, moss, or the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Gr. &unr_;, from &unr_; to count off or over. ] (Rhet.) Enumeration of parts or particulars. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. [ F. à part; (L. ad) + part part. See Part. ] 1. Separately, in regard to space or company; in a state of separation as to place; aside. [ 1913 Webster ]

Others apart sat on a hill retired. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

The Lord hath set apart him that is godly for himself. Ps. iv. 3. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. In a state of separation, of exclusion, or of distinction, as to purpose, use, or character, or as a matter of thought; separately; independently; as, consider the two propositions apart. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Aside; away. “Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness.” Jas. i. 21. [ 1913 Webster ]

Let Pleasure go, put Care apart. Keble. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. In two or more parts; asunder; to piece; as, to take a piece of machinery apart. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Afrikaans, fr. D. apart apart + -heid -hood. ] 1. segregation by race; -- a term used in South Africa.
Syn. -- racial segregation [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. the official policy of strict segregation by race practised by the government of the Union of South Africa up to 1993. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ F. appartement; cf. It. appartamento, fr. appartare to separate, set apart; all fr. L. ad + pars, partis, part. See Apart. ] 1. A room in a building; a division in a house, separated from others by partitions. Fielding. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A set or suite of rooms. De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A compartment. [ Obs. ] Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A room or suite of rooms in a building comprising a dwelling unit separate from others in the building, and typically having its own separate bath, sanitary, and kitchen facilities. Such apartments are in most cases rented from the owner by those dwelling in them. [ PJC ]

efficiency apartment, a small apartment{ 4 }, sometimes furnished, with minimal kitchen and bath facilities. The unit may comprise a single room plus a bathroom, and the kitchen facilities are often open to the main room, or may form a small niche in a corner. There are many variations of efficiency apartment, including some in which furnishings such as a bed may be pull out from a wall recess and stored there again when not in use. Also called an efficiency. [ PJC ]

. A building comprising a number of lving units (apartments{ 4 }) designed for separate housekeeping tenements, but having conveniences, such as heat, light, elevator service, etc., furnished in common; contrasted to a detached dwelling. Sometimes distinguished in the United States from a flat house, in which each living unit comprises one entire floor, whereas in an apartment house a floor may be partitioned into any number of apartments{ 4 }. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC ]

n. The quality of standing apart. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to Napoleon Bonaparte or his family. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The policy of Bonaparte or of the Bonapartes. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One attached to the policy or family of Bonaparte, or of the Bonapartes. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. caparaçon, fr. Sp. caparazon a cover for a saddle, coach, etc.; capa cloak, cover (fr. LL. capa, cf. LL. caparo also fr. capa) + the term. azon. See Cap. ] 1. An ornamental covering or housing for a horse; the harness or trappings of a horse, taken collectively, especially when decorative. [ 1913 Webster ]

Their horses clothed with rich caparison. Drylen. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Gay or rich clothing. [ 1913 Webster ]

My heart groans beneath the gay caparison. Smollett. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Caparisoned pos>p. pr. & vb. n. Caparisoning. ] [ Cf. F caparaçonner. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. To cover with housings, as a horse; to harness or fit out with decorative trappings, as a horse. [ 1913 Webster ]

The steeds, caparisoned with purple, stand. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To adorn with rich dress; to dress. [ 1913 Webster ]

I am caparisoned like a man. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Native Indian name. ] (Zool.) A large South American monkey (Lagothrix Humboldtii), with prehensile tail. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ Mex. Sp. ] Overalls of sheepskin or leather, usually open at the back, worn, esp. by cowboys, to protect the legs from thorny bushes, as in the chaparral; -- called also chapareras or colloq. chaps. [ Sp. Amer. ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

‖n. pl. [ Mex. Sp. ] Same as Chaparajos. [ Sp. Amer. ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

‖n. [ Sp., fr. chaparro an evergeen oak. ] 1. A thicket of low evergreen oaks. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An almost impenetrable thicket or succession of thickets of thorny shrubs and brambles. [ 1913 Webster ]

Chaparral cock; fem.
Chaparral hen (Zool.), a bird of the cuckoo family (Geococcyx Californianus), noted for running with great speed. It ranges from California to Mexico and eastward to Texas; -- called also road runner, ground cuckoo, churea, and snake killer. It is the state bird of New Mexico. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

n., a small apartment{ 4 }, sometimes furnished, with minimal kitchen and bath facilities. The unit may comprise a single room plus a bathroom, and the kitchen facilities are often open to the main room, or may form a small niche in a corner. There are many variations of efficiency apartment, including some in which furnishings such as a bed may be pulled out from a wall recess and stored there again when not in use. Also called an efficiency. [ PJC ]

a. Beyond the limits of a parish. -- Ex`tra*pa*ro"chi*al*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

a. Situated or occurring within an inclosure; shut off from public sight; private; secluded; retired. [ 1913 Webster ]

I have no Turkish proclivities, and I do not think that, after all, impaling is preferable as a mode of capital punishment to intraparietal hanging. Rolleston. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; loins + &unr_; tumor. ] (Med.) A rupture or hernia in the lumbar regions. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Med.) A slender endoscope, containing fiber-optic viewing capability and miniature surgical devices, which can be inserted through a small incision in the abdominal wall, allowing a surgeon to perform minor surgery with minimal damage to the abdominal muscles. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

n. Laparotomy performed with a laparoscope. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; loins + te`mnein to cut. ] (Surg.) A cutting through the walls of the abdomen, as in the Caesarean section. [ 1913 Webster ]

pl. paparazzi. n. [ from Signore Paparazzo, a photographer in Fellini's film La Dolce Vita. ]1. A free-lance photographer that specializes in following and photographing celebrities such as movie stars, especially to obtain candid photographs in private situations; as, her dogged pursuit by the paparazzi was believed to be a major factor in Princess Diana's death. [ PJC ]

n. [ L. papa bishop + -archy. ] Government by a pope; papal rule. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) The finfoot. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Rapparee. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Sp. zarzaparrilla; zarza a bramble (perhaps fr. Bisc. zartzia) + parra a vine, or Parillo, a physician said to have discovered it. ] (Bot.) (a) Any plant of several tropical American species of Smilax. (b) The bitter mucilaginous roots of such plants, used in medicine and in sirups for soda, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The name is also applied to many other plants and their roots, especially to the Aralia nudicaulis, the wild sarsaparilla of the United States. [ 1913 Webster ]