(Bot.) A West Indian fruit like the mango in taste, sometimes pickled; also, the tree (Grias cauliflora) bearing this fruit. [ 1913 Webster ]
(Bot.) A tropical plant (Cajanus indicus) and its edible seed, a kind of pulse; -- so called from Angola in Western Africa. Called also
adv. & a. [ Pref. a- + peak. Cf. F. à pic vertically. ] (Naut.) In a vertical line. The anchor in apeak, when the cable has been sufficiently hove in to bring the ship over it, and the ship is them said to be hove apeak.
v. t. [ OE. apechen, for empechen, OF. empeechier, F. empêcher, to hinder. See Impeach. ] To impeach; to accuse; to asperse; to inform against; to reproach. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
And oft of error did himself appeach. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. An accuser. [ Obs. ] Raleigh. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Accusation. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
Man to man will I appeal the Norman to the lists. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
I appeal unto Cæsar. Acts xxv. 11. [ 1913 Webster ]
I appeal to the Scriptures in the original. Horsley. [ 1913 Webster ]
They appealed to the sword. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ OE. appel, apel, OF. apel, F. appel, fr. appeler. See Appeal, v. t. ]
A kind of appeal to the Deity, the author of wonders. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]
Every milder method is to be tried, before a nation makes an appeal to arms. Kent. [ 1913 Webster ]
a.
n. An appellant. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who makes an appeal. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. That appeals; imploring. --
v. i.
And God . . . said, Let . . . the dry land appear. Gen. i. 9. [ 1913 Webster ]
We must all appear before the judgment seat. 2 Cor. v. 10. [ 1913 Webster ]
One ruffian escaped because no prosecutor dared to appear. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]
It doth not yet appear what we shall be. 1 John iii. 2. [ 1913 Webster ]
Of their vain contest appeared no end. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
They disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. Matt. vi. 16. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Appearance. [ Obs. ] J. Fletcher. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ F. apparence, L. apparentia, fr. apparere. See Appear. ]
And now am come to see . . .
It thy appearance answer loud report. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
There was upon the tabernacle, as it were, the appearance of fire. Num. ix. 15. [ 1913 Webster ]
For man looketh on the outward appearance. 1 Sam. xvi. 7. [ 1913 Webster ]
Judge not according to the appearance. John. vii. 24. [ 1913 Webster ]
Will he now retire,
After appearance, and again prolong
Our expectation? Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
There is that which hath no appearance. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]
To put in an appearance,
To save appearances,
n. One who appears. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. Apparently. [ Obs. ] Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Capable of being appeased or pacified; placable. --
v. t.
n. The act of appeasing, or the state of being appeased; pacification. Hayward. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who appeases; a pacifier. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Tending to appease. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
Concluding, naturally, that to gratify his avarice was to bespeak his favor. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]
[ They ] bespoke dangers . . . in order to scare the allies. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]
When the abbot of St. Martin was born, he had so little the figure of a man that it bespoke him rather a monster. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]
He thus the queen bespoke. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i. To speak. [ Obs. ] Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A bespeaking. Among actors, a benefit (when a particular play is bespoken.) “The night of her bespeak.” Dickens. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who bespeaks. [ 1913 Webster ]
[ From the bay of
n. The front piece of a cap; -- now more commonly called visor. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.;
‖Chapeau bras ety>[ F. chapeau hat + bras arm ],
n. [ See Chich. ]
n. The chick-pea. Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ NL. Clypeaster (L. clupeus shield + aster star) + -oid. ] (Zool.) Like or related to the genus
a. [ L. clupeatus, p. p. of clupeare to arm with a shield, fr. clupeus, clipeus shield. ]
v. i. [ F. comparoir, L. comparēre; com- + parēre to appear. ]
n. (Mus.) An obsolete name for the cornet-à-piston. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
a. [ L. Cyclopeus, Gr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;, fr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_; Cyclops: cf. F. cyclopeen. ] Pertaining to the Cyclops; characteristic of the Cyclops; huge; gigantic; vast and rough; massive;
v. t. [ L. dépêcher. See Dispatch. ] To discharge. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
As soon as the party . . . before our justices shall be depeached. Hakluyt. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i.
n. The act of disappearing; cessation of appearance; removal from sight; vanishing. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]
p. pr. & vb. n. of Disappear.
Disappearing carriage (Ordnance),
n. (Bot.) A species of pea (Amphicarpæa monoica). It is a climbing leguminous plant, with hairy underground pods. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A spear with barbed forks for spearing eels. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To hinder. See Impeach. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. [ Pref. em- + pearl. Cf. Impearl. ] To form like pearls; to decorate with, or as with, pearls; to impearl. [ 1913 Webster ]
adj. able to communicate in English. [ WordNet 1.5 ]
prop. a. [ L. europeaus, Gr. &unr_;, fr. Gr. &unr_; (L. europa.) ] Of or pertaining to Europe, or to its inhabitants. [ 1913 Webster ]
On the European plan,
prop. n. A native or an inhabitant of Europe. [ 1913 Webster ]