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The piece that holds the cutting tool of a planer.
A flooring of plank before a dam to cause the water to make a gradual descent.
A platform, or flooring of plank, at the entrance of a dock, against which the dock gates are shut.
A piece of carved timber, just above the foremost end of the keel.
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.
The fat skin covering the belly of a goose or duck.
Something which by its shape or use suggests an apron;
A leaden plate that covers the vent of a cannon.
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.
A man who wears an apron; a laboring man; a mechanic.
The string of an apron.
Wearing an apron.
The quantity an apron can hold.
of Apronful
Without an apron.
Opportunely or opportune; seasonably or seasonable.
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.
A reliquary, or case in which the relics of saints were kept.
The bishop's seat or throne, in ancient churches.
A projecting part of a building, esp. of a church, having in the plan a polygonal or semicircular termination, and, most often, projecting from the east end. In early churches the Eastern apse was occupied by seats for the bishop and clergy.