Part 550

<h1>Appalling</h1> <Xpage=70>

<hw>Ap*pall"ing</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Such as to appall; <as>as, an <ex>appalling</ex> accident</as>.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Ap*pall"ing*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Appallment</h1> <Xpage=70>

<hw>Ap*pall"ment</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Depression occasioned by terror; dismay.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Bacon.</i>

<h1>Appanage</h1> <Xpage=70>

<hw>Ap"pa*nage</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>apanage</ets>, fr. OF. <ets>apaner</ets> to nourish, support, fr. LL. <ets>apanare</ets> to furnish with bread, to provision; L. <ets>ad + pains</ets> bread.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The portion of land assigned by a sovereign prince for the subsistence of his younger sons.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A dependency; a dependent territory.</def>

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<p><b>3.</b> <def>That which belongs to one by custom or right; a natural adjunct or accompaniment.</def> "Wealth . . . the <i>appanage</i> of wit."

<i>Swift.</i>

<h1>Appanagist</h1> <Xpage=71>

<hw>Ap*pan"a*gist</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>apanagiste</ets>.]</ety> <def>A prince to whom an appanage has been granted.</def>

<h1>Apparaillyng</h1> <Xpage=71>

<hw>Ap*par"ail*lyng</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Apparel</er>, <tt>n.</tt> & <ets>v</ets>.]</ety> <def>Preparation.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Apparatus</h1> <Xpage=71>

<hw>Ap"pa*ratus</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Apparatus</plw>, also rarely <plw>Apparatuses</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[L., from <ets>apparare</ets>, <ets>apparatum</ets>, to prepare; <ets>ad</ets> + <ets>prepare</ets> to make ready.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Things provided as means to some end.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Hence: A full collection or set of implements, or utensils, for a given duty, experimental or operative; any complex instrument or appliance, mechanical or chemical, for a specific action or operation; machinery; mechanism.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Physiol.)</fld> <def>A collection of organs all of which unite in a common function; <as>as, the respiratory <ex>apparatus</ex></as>.</def>

<h1>Apparel</h1> <Xpage=71>

<hw>Ap*par"el</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>apparel</ets>, <ets>apareil</ets>, OF. <ets>apareil</ets>, <ets>appareil</ets>, preparation, provision, furniture, OF. <ets>apareiller</ets> to match, prepare, F. <ets>appareiller</ets>; OF. <ets>a</ets> (L. <ets>ad</ets>) + <ets>pareil</ets> like, similar, fr. LL. <ets>pariculus</ets>, dim. of L. <ets>par</ets> equal. See <er>Pair</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>External clothing; vesture; garments; dress; garb; external habiliments or array.</def>

<blockquote>Fresh in his new <b>apparel</b>, proud and young. <i>Denham.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>At public devotion his resigned carriage made religion appear in the natural <b>apparel</b> of simplicity. <i>Tatler.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A small ornamental piece of embroidery worn on albs and some other ecclesiastical vestments.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>The furniture of a ship, as masts, sails, rigging, anchors, guns, etc.</def>

<syn>Syn. -- Dress; clothing; vesture; garments; raiment; garb; costume; attire; habiliments.</syn>

<h1>Apparel</h1> <Xpage=71>