Part 584

<h1>Apriority</h1> <Xpage=75>

<hw>A`pri*or"i*ty</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The quality of being innate in the mind, or prior to experience; <i>a priori</i> reasoning.</def>

<h1>Aprocta</h1> <Xpage=75>

<hw>A*proc"ta</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/ priv. + <?/ anus.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A group of Turbellaria in which there is no anal aperture.</def>

<h1>Aproctous</h1> <Xpage=75>

<hw>A*proc"tous</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Without an anal office.</def>

<h1>Apron</h1> <Xpage=75>

<hw>A"pron</hw> <tt>(?; 277)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>napron</ets>, OF. <ets>naperon</ets>, F. <ets>napperon</ets>, dim. of OF. <ets>nape</ets>, F. <ets>nappe</ets>, cloth, tablecloth, LL. <ets>napa</ets>, fr. L. <ets>mappa</ets>, napkin, table napkin. See <er>Map</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>An article of dress, of cloth, leather, or other stuff, worn on the fore part of the body, to keep the clothes clean, to defend them from injury, or as a covering. It is commonly tied at the waist by strings.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Something which by its shape or use suggests an apron; <as>as, <sd>(a)</sd> The fat skin covering the belly of a goose or duck</as>.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark> <i>Halliwell</i>. <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A piece of leather, or other material, to be spread before a person riding on an outside seat of a vehicle, to defend him from the rain, snow, or dust; a boot.</def> "The weather being too hot for the <i>apron</i>." <i>Hughes</i>. <sd>(c)</sd> <fld>(Gun.)</fld> <def>A leaden plate that covers the vent of a cannon.</def> <sd>(d)</sd> <fld>(Shipbuilding)</fld> <def>A piece of carved timber, just above the foremost end of the keel.</def> <i>Totten</i>. <sd>(e)</sd> <def>A platform, or flooring of plank, at the entrance of a dock, against which the dock gates are shut.</def> <sd>(f)</sd> <def>A flooring of plank before a dam to cause the water to make a gradual descent.</def> <sd>(g)</sd> <fld>(Mech.)</fld> <def>The piece that holds the cutting tool of a planer.</def> <sd>(h)</sd> <fld>(Plumbing)</fld> <def>A strip of lead which leads the drip of a wall into a gutter; a flashing.</def> <sd>(i)</sd> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The infolded abdomen of a crab.</def>

<h1>Aproned</h1> <Xpage=75>

<hw>A"proned</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Wearing an apron.</def>

<blockquote>A cobbler <b>aproned</b>, and a parson gowned. <i>Pope.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Apronful</h1> <Xpage=75>

<hw>A"pron*ful</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Apronfuls</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <def>The quality an apron can hold.</def>

<h1>Apronless</h1> <Xpage=75>

<hw>A"pron*less</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Without an apron.</def>

<h1>Apron man</h1> <Xpage=75>

<hw>A"pron man`</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>. <def>A man who wears an apron; a laboring man; a mechanic.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Apron string</h1> <Xpage=75>

<hw>A"pron string`</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>. <def>The string of an apron.</def>

<cs><mcol><col>To be tied to a wife's</col> or <col>mother's apron strings</col></mcol>, <cd>to be unduly controlled by a wife or mother.</cd></cs>

<blockquote>He was so made that he could not submit <b>to be tied to the apron strings</b> even of the best of wives. <i>Macaulay.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Aprosos</h1> <Xpage=75>

<hw>Ap"ro*sos`</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a. & adv.</tt> <ety>[F. <?/ propos; <?/ (L. <ets>ad</ets>) + <ets>propos</ets> purpose, L. <ets>proposium</ets> plan, purpose, fr. <ets>proponere</ets> to propose. See <er>Propound</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Opportunely or opportune; seasonably or seasonable.</def>

<blockquote>A tale extremely <b>apropos</b>. <i>Pope.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>By the way; to the purpose; suitably to the place or subject; -- a word used to introduce an incidental observation, suited to the occasion, though not strictly belonging to the narration.</def>

<h1>Apse</h1> <Xpage=75>