Part 564

<h1>Apple</h1> <Xpage=72>

<hw>Ap"ple</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To grow like an apple; to bear apples.</def>

<i>Holland.</i>

<h1>Apple-faced</h1> <Xpage=72>

<hw>Ap"ple-faced`</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Having a round, broad face, like an apple.</def> "<i>Apple-faced</i> children."

<i>Dickens.</i>

<h1>Apple-jack</h1> <Xpage=72>

<hw>Ap"ple-jack`</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Apple brandy.</def> <mark>[U.S.]</mark>

<h1>Apple-john</h1> <Xpage=72>

<hw>Ap"ple-john`</hw>, <tt>n.</tt>. <def>A kind of apple which by keeping becomes much withered; -- called also <altname>Johnapple</altname>.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Apple pie</h1> <Xpage=72>

<hw>Ap"ple pie`</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>. <def>A pie made of apples (usually sliced or stewed) with spice and sugar.</def>

<cs><col>Apple-pie bed</col>, <cd>a bed in which, as a joke, the sheets are so doubled (like the cover of an apple turnover) as to prevent any one from getting at his length between them. <i>Halliwell</i>, <i>Conybeare</i>.</cd> -- <col>Apple-pie order</col>, <cd>perfect order or arrangement.</cd> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark> <i>Halliwell</i>.</cs>

<h1>Apple-squire</h1> <Xpage=72>

<hw>Ap"ple-squire`</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A pimp; a kept gallant.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Beau. & Fl.</i>

<h1>Appliable</h1> <Xpage=72>

<hw>Ap*pli"a*ble</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Apply</er>.]</ety> <def>Applicable; also, compliant.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Howell.</i>

<h1>Appliance</h1> <Xpage=72>

<hw>Ap*pli"ance</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of applying; application; <mark>[Obs.]</mark> subservience.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The thing applied or used as a means to an end; an apparatus or device; <as>as, to use various <ex>appliances</ex>; a mechanical <ex>appliance</ex>; a machine with its <ex>appliances</ex>.</as></def>

<h1>Applicability</h1> <Xpage=72>

<hw>Ap`pli*ca*bil"i*ty</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The quality of being applicable or fit to be applied.</def>

<h1>Applicable</h1> <Xpage=72>

<hw>Ap"pli*ca*ble</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>aplicable</ets>, fr. L. <ets>applicare</ets>. See <er>Apply</er>.]</ety> <def>Capable of being applied; fit or suitable to be applied; having relevance; <as>as, this observation is <ex>applicable</ex> to the case under consideration</as>.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Ap"pli*ca*ble*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt> -- <wf>Ap"pli*ca*bly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt></wordforms>