*aper*

n. One who apes. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Aperçus /plu>. [ F., prop. p. p. of apercevoir to perceive. ] 1. A first view or glance, or the perception or estimation so obtained; an immediate apprehension or insight, appreciative rather than analytic. [ 1913 Webster ]

The main object being to develop the several aperçus or insights which furnish the method of such psychology. W. T. Harris. [ 1913 Webster ]

A series of partial and more or less disparate aperçus or outlooks; each for itself a center of experience. James Ward. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. Hence, a brief or detached view; conspectus; sketch. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

‖n. [ Native name. ] (Zool.) The wild Guinea pig of Brazil (Cavia aperea). [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. aperiens, p. pr. of aperire to uncover, open; ab + parire, parere, to bring forth, produce. Cf. Cover, Overt. ] (Med.) Gently opening the bowels; laxative. -- n. An aperient medicine or food. Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. apéritif, fr. L. aperire. ] Serving to open; aperient. Harvey. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ OF. apert, L. apertus, p. p. of aperire. See Aperient, and cf. Pert, a. ] Open; evident; undisguised. [ Archaic ] Fotherby. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Openly. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. apertio. ] The act of opening; an opening; an aperture. [ Archaic ] Wiseman. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Openly; clearly. [ Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Openness; frankness. [ Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. apertura, fr. aperire. See Aperient. ] 1. The act of opening. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An opening; an open space; a gap, cleft, or chasm; a passage perforated; a hole; as, an aperture in a wall. [ 1913 Webster ]

An aperture between the mountains. Gilpin. [ 1913 Webster ]

The back aperture of the nostrils. Owen. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Opt.) The diameter of the exposed part of the object glass of a telescope or other optical instrument; as, a telescope of four-inch aperture. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The aperture of microscopes is often expressed in degrees, called also the angular aperture, which signifies the angular breadth of the pencil of light which the instrument transmits from the object or point viewed; as, a microscope of 100° aperture. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Aperies. 1. A place where apes are kept. [ R. ] Kingsley. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The practice of aping; an apish action. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

. Paper impregnated with saltpeter. The fumes from the burning paper are often inhaled as an alleviative by asthmatics. [ Archaic ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC ]

. (Bot.) A deciduous plant of warm climates, generally with fleshy leaves and flowers of a yellow or whitish yellow color, of the genus Zygophyllum. [ 1913 Webster ]

A kind of thick, bibulous, unsized paper, used to absorb superfluous ink from a freshly written manuscript, and thus prevent blots. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ or }. (Photog.) A sensitized paper coated with gelatin impregnated with bromide of silver, used in contact printing and in enlarging. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Capered p. pr. & vb. n. capering. ] [ From older capreoll to caper, cf. F. se cabrer to prance; all ultimately fr. L. caper, capra, goat. See Capriole. ] To leap or jump about in a sprightly manner; to cut capers; to skip; to spring; to prance; to dance. [ 1913 Webster ]

He capers, he dances, he has eyes of youth. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A frolicsome leap or spring; a skip; a jump, as in mirth or dancing; a prank. [ 1913 Webster ]

To cut a caper, to frolic; to make a sportive spring; to play a prank. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ D. kaper. ] A vessel formerly used by the Dutch, privateer. Wright. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. câpre, fr. L. capparis, Gr. &unr_;; cf. Ar. & Per. al-kabar. ] 1. The pungent grayish green flower bud of the European and Oriental caper (Capparis spinosa), much used for pickles. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) A plant of the genus Capparis; -- called also caper bush, caper tree. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The Capparis spinosa is a low prickly shrub of the Mediterranean coasts, with trailing branches and brilliant flowers; -- cultivated in the south of Europe for its buds. The Capparis sodada is an almost leafless spiny shrub of central Africa (Soudan), Arabia, and southern India, with edible berries. [ 1913 Webster ]

Bean caper. See Bran caper, in the Vocabulary. --
Caper sauce, a kind of sauce or catchup made of capers. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The small olive-shaped berry of the European and Oriental caper, said to be used in pickles and as a condiment. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The currantlike fruit of the African and Arabian caper (Capparis sodado). [ 1913 Webster ]

{ or } n. [ Gael, capulcoile. ] (Zool.) A species of black Old World grouse (Tetrao uragallus) of large size and fine flavor, found in northern Europe and formerly in Scotland; -- called also cock of the woods and horse of the wood. [ Written also capercaillie, capercaili. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To treat with cruel playfulness, as a cat treats a mouse; to abuse. [ Obs. ] Birch. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who capers, leaps, and skips about, or dances. [ 1913 Webster ]

The nimble caperer on the cord. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ }See Capper, a plant, 2. [ 1913 Webster ]

See cap, n., also Paper, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ or }. Cloth or paper covered with powdered carborundum; -- a foprm of sandpaper. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC ]

[ F. papier cassé. See Cass. ] Broken paper; the outside quires of a ream. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. chaperon. See Chape, Cape, Cap. ] 1. A hood; especially, an ornamental or an official hood. [ 1913 Webster ]

His head and face covered with a chaperon, out of which there are but two holes to look through. Howell. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A device placed on the foreheads of horses which draw the hearse in pompous funerals. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A matron who accompanies a young lady in public, for propriety, or as a guide and protector. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Chaperoned p. pr. & vb. n. Chaperoning. ] [ Cf. F. chaperonner, fr. chaperon. ] To attend in public places as a guide and protector; to matronize. [ 1913 Webster ]

Fortunately Lady Bell Finley, whom I had promised to chaperon, sent to excuse herself. Hannah More. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Attendance of a chaperon on a lady in public; protection afforded by a chaperon. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖def>Paper with a finely crinkle texture, usually sold in rolls of 2-3 inches width; crepe paper; -- it is usually colored brightly and used for decoration. Same as crepe{ 4 }. [ PJC ]

n. [ OF. diaspre, diapre, diaspe, sort of figured cloth, It. diaspro jasper, diaspo figured cloth, from L. jaspis a green-colored precious stone. See Jasper. ] 1. Any textile fabric (esp. linen or cotton toweling) woven in diaper pattern. See 2. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Fine Arts) Surface decoration of any sort which consists of the constant repetition of one or more simple figures or units of design evenly spaced. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A towel or napkin for wiping the hands, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

Let one attend him with a silver basin, . . .
Another bear the ewer, the third a diaper. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. An infant's breechcloth. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. 1. To ornament with figures, etc., arranged in the pattern called diaper, as cloth in weaving. “Diapered light.” H. Van Laun. [ 1913 Webster ]

Engarlanded and diapered
With in wrought flowers. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To put a diaper on (a child). [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To draw flowers or figures, as upon cloth. “If you diaper on folds.” Peacham. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Diaper, n., 2. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. drapier. ] One who sells cloths; a dealer in cloths; as, a draper and tailor. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Covered or supplied with drapery. [ R. ] Byron. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Draperies [ F. draperie. ] 1. The occupation of a draper; cloth-making, or dealing in cloth. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Cloth, or woolen stuffs in general. [ 1913 Webster ]

People who ought to be weighing out grocery or measuring out drapery. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A textile fabric used for decorative purposes, especially when hung loosely and in folds carefully disturbed; as: (a) Garments or vestments of this character worn upon the body, or shown in the representations of the human figure in art. (b) Hangings of a room or hall, or about a bed. [ 1913 Webster ]

Like one that wraps the drapery of his couch
About him, and lies down to pleasant dreams. Bryant. [ 1913 Webster ]

All the decent drapery of life is to be rudely torn off. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

Casting of draperies. See under Casting. [ 1913 Webster ]

The casting of draperies . . . is one of the most important of an artist's studies. Fairholt. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ See Diaper. ] To decorate with a diaper pattern. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who escapes. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A strip of paper that is coated with a sticky substance and suspended from an overhead object to trap and kill flies; also, a similar paper poisoned so as to kill flies on contact. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. One who gapes. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) (a) A European fish. See 4th Comber. (b) A large edible clam (Schizothærus Nuttalli), of the Pacific coast; -- called also gaper clam. (c) An East Indian bird of the genus Cymbirhynchus, related to the broadbills. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A building or inclosure used for the cultivation of grapes. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. 1st Hag, and Hig-taper. ] (Bot.) The great woolly mullein (Verbascum Thapsus). [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ LL. hanaperium a large vase, fr. hanapus vase, bowl, cup (whence F. hanap); of German origin; cf. OHG. hnapf, G. napf, akin to AS. hnæp cup, bowl. Cf. Hamper, Nappy, n. ] A kind of basket, usually of wickerwork, and adapted for the packing and carrying of articles; a hamper. [ 1913 Webster ]

Hanaper office, an office of the English court of chancery in which writs relating to the business of the public, and the returns to them, were anciently kept in a hanaper or hamper. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who heaps, piles, or amasses. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. Hag-taper. ] (Bot.) A plant of the genus Verbascum (Verbascum Thapsus); the common mullein. [ Also high-taper and hag-taper. ]