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Show AP Arpro'vER, 2/ [from approve. 1. He that approves 2. He that makes trial No mingle wit AQ N In thefe figures the veft is gathered up befor 'ghem, like an aprony which you muft fuppofe fille with fruits A'prON. 7. /. [in gunnery.] A piece of lea know To their approvers, they are people fuc Shake[peare Their difcipline their courages, will mak As mend upon the world Addifon which cover gun the touch-hole of a grea A'prON of a goofe. The fat fkin whic covers the belly 3. In our common law, one that, confefling | A"pron-MAN. 2./ [from apron and man. felony of himfelf, appealeth or accufet another, one or more, to be guilty of th A man that wears an apron a work man ; amanual artificer fame: and he is called {o, becaufe h You have made good work You and your apron-men, that ftood fo muc muft prove what he hath alleged in hi Upo th voic o occupation an Cowel < appeal The breath of garlick caters. Shakefpeare APPROXIMATE. adj. [from ad, to, and| A'erongp, adj. [from apron.] Wearin proximus, near, Lat.] Near to an apron Thefe receive a quick converfion, containin approximate difpofitions unto animation Brown's Valgar Errours ArproxiMa'TION 7 /. [from approxi mate. 1. Approach to any thing Unto the latitude of Capricorn, or the winte folftice, it had been a {pring; for, unto that pofition it had been in a middl point and that of afcen Brown's Vulgar Errours o approximation The fiery region gains upon the inferiour ele- ments ; a necefiary confequent of the fun's gradua approximation towards the earth Hale's Origin of Mankind Quadrupeds are better placed according to th degrees of their approximation to the human fhape Grev's Mufeum 2. In {cience, a continual approach neare ftill, and nearer, to the quantity fought, though perhaps without.a poflibility o ever arriving at it exaétly. Arru'Lse. m /i [appulfus, Lat.] The a of ftriking againft any thing An heélic fever is the innate heat kindled into deftruétivefire, through the appulfe of faline fteams Harvey In vowels, the paffage of the mouth is open and free, without any appulfe of an organ of {peech t another : but, in all confonants, there is an appu/f of the organs Holder To A'prICATE. . 2 [apricor, Lat, bafk in .the fun T D:i& The cobler apron'd, and the parfon gown'd Pope A'PSIS. n. /. apfides, plural. [aabie. Is applied, in aftronomy, to two points in th orbits of planets, in which they are at the greatef and the leaft diftance from the fun or earth. Th higher apfis is more particularly denominated aphelion, or apogee; the lower, perihelion, or perigee Chambers If bodies revolve in orbits that are pretty nea circles, an the apfides of thef orbit be fixed then the centripetal forces of thofe bodies will b reciprocally as the fquares of the diftances. Cheyre APT. adj. [aptus, Lat. 1. Fit This fo eminent induftry in making profelytes more of that fex than of the other, groweth; fo that they are deemed apter to ferve as inftrument in the caufe. Apre of their affection nation unto piety nities, &'¢. Finally which they take i they are through the eagernef aprer through a natural incliapter through fundry opportuagter through a fingular deligh giving very large and particula intelligence how all near about them ftand affeéte as concerning the fame caufe Hooker 2. Having a tendency to ; liable to Things natural, as long a which give them their being or inclinable to do otherwif My vines and peaches o they keep thofe form cannot pofiibly be ap than they do. Hooker my beft fouth wall were apt to have a foot or {muttinefs upon thei leaves and fruits Temple 3. Inclined to ; led to; difpofed to Arri'ciTy.n. /. [apricitas, Lat.] Warmt You may make her you love, believe it; which I warrant, fhe is aprer to do, than confefs the does of the fun ; fun-fhine A'rricoT, or A'Pricock Shakefpe As you like it Men are apt to think well of themfelves, an of their nation, of their courage and {trength apricus, Lat. funny. fruit Di& [fro 7 / A kind of wall ‘PRIL. 7. fo [Aprilis, Lat. Avril, Fr. "The fourth month of the year, Januar counted firft April is reprefented by a youn ma in green with a garland of myrtle and hawthorn buds; i one hand primrofes and violets, in the other the fig ‘Taurus Peacham on Drawing Men ere April when they woo, December whe they wed : Maids are May when they are maids but the fky changes when they are wives Shakelpeare's As you like i A'pron. 7 /. [A word of uncertain etymology but fuppofed by fom to b contracted from afore one.] A cloth hun before, to keep the other drefs clean Give us gold, good Timon : haft thou more Pe Hold up, you fluts Your aprons mountant Shekefpeare The nobility think fcorn to go in leather aprons Shakefpeare How might we fee Falftaff, and not ourfelyes b {een Put on two leather jerkins and aprons, and wait wpon kim at his table as drawers Shakefpeare Temple One, who has not thefe lights, is a ftranger t what he reads, and #pt to put a wrong interpretaAddifon tion upon it Even thofe who are near the court, are apt t deduét wrong confequences, by reafoning upon th Savift motives of ations What we have always feen to be done in on manner, we are ap¢ to imagine there was but tha one way 4. Ready Bintley quick as, an apz wit I have a heart as little apz as yours But yet a brain that leads my ufe of ange To better vantage ‘Shakefpeare 5. Qualified for Thefe brothers had a while ferved the king i Sidrey war, whereunto they were only apt All that were ftrong and apt for war, even the the king of Babylon brought captive to Babylon 2 Kings To ApT.v. a. [apte, Lat. 1. To {uit; to adapt We need a man that knows the feveral grace Of hiftory, and how to apt their places Where brevity, where fplendour, and where }1e|ght Where fiveetnefs is required, and where weight Ben Fonfon In fome ponds, apted for it by nature, they become pikes Walton z. To fit; to qualify; to difpofe; to prepare The king is melancholy Apted for any ill impreflions Denbam's Sophy To A'eraTE make fit v, a. [aptatum, Lat.] T To aptate a planet, is to firengthen the plane in pofition of houfe and dignities to the greatef advantage, in order to bring about the defired end Bailcy A'rriTUDE. 7. /. [French. 1. Fitnefs This evinces its perfeét aptityde and fitnefs fo the end to which it was aimed, the planting an nourifhing all true virtue among men Decay of Picty 2. Tendency In an abortion, the mother, befides the fruftra tion of her hopes, acquires an aptitude to mifcarr for the future Decay of Picty 3. Difpofition He that is about children, fhould frudy their natures and aptitudes, what turns they eafily take, an what becomes them; what their native ftock is and what it is fit for Locke A'pTLY. adv. [from apt. 1. Properly ; with juft conneétion, or cor refpondence ; fitly That par Was aptly fitted, and naturally perform'd Shake[peare But what the mafs nutritious does divide What makes them aptly to the limbs adhere in youth increafe them, and in age repair Blackmare 2. Juftly ; pertinently Irenzeus very aptly remarks, that thofe nations who were not pofieft of the gofpels, had the fam accounts of our Saviour, which are in the Evan gelifts Addifor 3. Readily ; acutely as he learned hi bufinefs very aptly A'prNESs. z. /. [from apt. 1. Fitnefs ; fuitablenefs The nature of every law muft be judged of b the aptnefs of things thercin prefcribed, unto th Hosker fame end There are antecedent and independent aptneffe in things; with refpe@ to which, they are fit t Norris's Mifcel be commanded or forbidden 2. Difpofition to any thing; of perfons The nobles receive fo to heart the banithmen of that worthy Coriolanus, that they are in a rip apinefs to takeall power from the people 3. Quicknef of apprehenfion Shake/p readinef to learn What fhould be the aptrefs of birds, in compa rifon of beaits, to imitate fpeech, may be enquired Bacor 4. Tendency ; of things Some feeds of goodnefs give him # relifh of fuc refle@ions, as have an aptzefs to improve the mind Addifon Ar‘roTE. 2. /. [of2 and @ldcic.] A nou which is not declined with cafes AQUA. n. /. [Latin.] A word fignifyin aater, very much ufed in chymical writings AQUA FORTIS. [Latin,] A corrofive liquor, made by diftilling purified nitr with calcined vitriol, or re&ified oil o vitriolin a firong heat : the liquor, whic rifes 1n fumes. red as blood, being colleGted, is the {pirit of nitre, or agua fortis which ferves as a menftruum for diflolving of filver, and all other metals, except gold. But if fea falt, or fal ammoniack |