English English Dictionary
English English Dictionary
The online English-English dictionary from The Project Gutenberg
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Apron
(n.)
The piece that holds the cutting tool of a planer.
Apron
(n.)
A flooring of plank before a dam to cause the water to make
a gradual descent.
Apron
(n.)
A platform, or flooring of plank, at the entrance of a dock,
against which the dock gates are shut.
Apron
(n.)
A piece of carved timber, just above the foremost end of the
keel.
Apron
(n.)
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.
Apron
(n.)
The fat skin covering the belly of a goose or duck.
Apron
(n.)
Something which by its shape or use suggests an apron;
Apron
(n.)
A leaden plate that covers the vent of a cannon.
Apron
(n.)
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.
Aproned
(a.)
Wearing an apron.
Apronful
(n.)
The quantity an apron can hold.
Apronfuls
(pl. )
of Apronful
Apronless
(a.)
Without an apron.
Aprosos
(a. & adv.)
Opportunely or opportune; seasonably or seasonable.
Aprosos
(a. & adv.)
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.
Apse
(n.)
A reliquary, or case in which the relics of saints were kept.
Apse
(n.)
The bishop's seat or throne, in ancient churches.
Apse
(n.)
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.