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<h1>Apiked</h1> <Xpage=68>

<hw>A*pik"ed</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Trimmed.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Full fresh and new here gear <b>apiked</b> was. <i>Chaucer.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Apiol</h1> <Xpage=68>

<hw>A"pi*ol</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>api</ets>um parsley + <ets>-ol</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>An oily liquid derived from parsley.</def>

<h1>Apiologist</h1> <Xpage=68>

<hw>A`pi*ol"o*gist</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>apis</ets> bee + <ets>-logist</ets> (see <er>-logy</er>).]</ety> <def>A student of bees.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Emerson.</i>

<h1>Apis</h1> <Xpage=68>

<hw>A"pis</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L., bee.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A genus of insects of the order Hymenoptera, including the common honeybee (<spn>Apis mellifica</spn>) and other related species. See <er>Honeybee</er>.</def>

<h1>Apish</h1> <Xpage=68>

<hw>Ap"ish</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Having the qualities of an ape; prone to imitate in a servile manner. Hence: Apelike; fantastically silly; foppish; affected; trifling.</def>

<blockquote>The <b>apish</b> gallantry of a fantastic boy. <i>Sir W. Scott.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Apishly</h1> <Xpage=68>

<hw>Ap"ish*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In an apish manner; with servile imitation; foppishly.</def>

<h1>Apishness</h1> <Xpage=68>

<hw>Ap"ish*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The quality of being apish; mimicry; foppery.</def>

<h1>Apitpat</h1> <Xpage=68>

<hw>A*pit"pat</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>a-</ets> + <ets>pitpat</ets>.]</ety> <def>With quick beating or palpitation; pitapat.</def>

<i>Congreve.</i>

<h1>Aplacental</h1> <Xpage=68>

<hw>Ap`la*cen"tal</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>a-</ets> + <ets>placental</ets>.]</ety> <def>Belonging to the Aplacentata; without placenta.</def>

<h1>Aplacentata</h1> <Xpage=68>

<hw>Ap`la*cen*ta"ta</hw>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>a-</ets> not + <ets>placenta</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Mammals which have no placenta.</def>

<h1>Aplacophora</h1> <Xpage=68>

<hw>Ap`la*coph"o*ra</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/ priv. + <?/ a flat cake + <?/ to bear.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A division of Amphineura in which the body is naked or covered with slender spines or set\'91, but is without shelly plates.</def>

<h1>Aplanatic</h1> <Xpage=68>

<hw>Ap`la*nat"ic</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ priv. + <?/ disposed to wander, wandering, <?/ to wander.]</ety> <fld>(Opt.)</fld> <def>Having two or more parts of different curvatures, so combined as to remove spherical aberration; -- said of a lens.</def>

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