apple 
cease her machinations till Troy was destroyed. Apple 
of Sodom, in- Dead Sea apple. () A fruit said to grow 
on IT near the site of the Biblical Sodoin, described by 
Josephus and other old writers as externally of fair ap- 
pearance, but turning to smoke and ashes when plucked. 
Many unsatisfactory attempts have been made to account 
for the tradition. '('>> Figuratively, some fruitless thing; 
sonirt]jiM' r wlm-h disappoints oiif's hopes or frustrates 
OIK'S desires. Apple of the eye. (a) The pupil. 
Dull people turn up the palms of their hands and the 
i(i>t'ti'x >>t' th'-ii- ,'iffx. tin lit'holiling prose by a poet. 
Jilackwood's Mag., XXIL 374. 
Hence (fr) Something very imiwrtant, precious, or dear. 
lie kept him as the apjile of hU eye. Deut. xxxii. 10. 
Poor lilchard was to me as an eldest son, the apple of 
ttty eye. Scott, Old Mortality, xx. 
Winter apple, an apple that keeps well in winter, or does 
.), r. [< AS. "eepplian, used only in 
!, appled, formed like an apple; < 
_ ii-- -i j^ trans. To 
274 
MHO. apf alter, apf alter, affaltcr = Icel. apaldr 
= Norw. dial, apald, apall, apal, aple = Sw. apel 
= Dan. abild, an apple-tree ; a word still exist- 
ing in the E. place-name Appledore (< AS. 
A/iulder, Apolder). The same termination oc- 
curs in AS. mapnldcr, mapuldor, mapuldur, 
mapuldcrn, a maple-tree: see maple-tree.'] A 
tree (Pyrus Malus) bearing apples, its wood is 
hard durable, and fine-grained, and much used in turnery. 
Apple-trees are propagated by seeds, layers, grafting, and 
appiiablet (a-pli'a-bl), a. [< apply + -able. Cf . 
applicable.]" 1. Capable of being applied; appli- 
cable; pertinent; suitable. 
All that I have said of ... heathen idolatry is applia- 
ble to ... idolatry of another sort. Swan, 
2. Willing to apply one's self; compliant; dis- 
posed to listen. 
PP- g . io oj ,. 
^11 intrans. 1. To grow into the form of an appliance (a-pli'ans), n. [< apply 
ap p le . I. The act of applying, putting to use, or car- 
rving into practice. 
The cabbage turnip is of two kinds; one applet above *j*~ jr 
2. To gather apples. [Rare in all uses.] her" " Charlotte Bronte, Shirley, xvi. 
apple-berry (ap'l-ber'-'i), n. A name given in 2 . Something applied as a means to an end, 
Australia to the pleasant subacid fruit of a e jther independently or subordinately ; that 
twining shrub, Billardiera scandens, of the natu- w hi c h j g a dapted to the accomplishment of a 
ral order Pittosporea;. purpose ; an instrumental means, aid, or ap- 
apple-butter (ap'l-but/'er), n. A sauce made purtenance : as, the appliances of civilization, 
or of a trade ; mechanical, chemical, or medi- 
cal appliances (tools, machinery, apparatus. 
of apples stewed in cider, 
apple-corer (ap'l-kor"er), n. Any device for 
removing the cores from apples. 
apple-CUTCUlio (ap'l-ker-ku"li-6), n. A kind of 
weevil which infests the apple. See cut under 
Anthonomus. 
apple-green (ap'1-gren), . The light-green 
color of certain apples, as the greening. 
apple-headed (ap'l-hed"ed), a. Having a head 
that is round on top, between the ears, instead 
of flat : said of dogs. 
remedies, etc.); an engine with its appliances. 
Diseases, desperate grown, 
By desperate appliance are reliev'd. 
Shak., Hamlet, iv. 3. 
Material appliances have been lavishly used ; arts, in- 
ventions, and machines introduced from abroad, manu- 
Buckle, Civilization, 1. 1. 
appliantt (a-pli'ant), a. 1 . Favorably inclined ; 
called, it is said, because it is ripe about St. a ppii e( j or used ; pertinence. 
John's day. Cf . jennetirig.] A kind of apple, He who hag read njs Arlstotle will be ap t to think that 
considered to be in perfection when shriveled, observation has on most points of general applicability 
and withered. said its last word. Lmvell, Democracy. 
I am withered like an old apple-John. 
ShaL, 1 Hen. IV., iii. 3. 
Why need I speak of steam, the enemy of space and 
time, with its enormous strength and delicate applica- 
bility? Emerson, Works and Da; 
apple-mint (ap'1-mint), n. A European plant, , 
a species of Hentha, M. rotundifolia. 
apple-mose (ap'l-mos), . A dish made with 
the pulp of stewed apples and other ingredients. 
N. E. D. [Rare.] 
apple-moth (ap'1-mdth), n. The Tortrix pomo- 
nana, a lepidopterous insect, the larvse of which 
live in apples. 
apple-parer (ap'l-par"er), n. A machine for 
paring apples, 
apple-pie (ap'l-pi'), 1. A pie made of apples 
variously prepared, inclosed m or covered with applicably (ap'li-ka-bli), adv. 
paste, and baked. 2. An English name for ble manner; fittingly. 
iys. 
ppucauie (ap'li-ka-bl), a. [= F. applicable = 
_t. applicabile, < lj."applicare : see apply, and cf. 
appliable.] Capable of being applied ; fit to be 
applied; having relevance; suitable; appro- 
priate ; pertinent : as, this observation is appli- 
cable to the case under consideration. 
The use of logic, although potentially applicable to every 
matter is always actually manifested by special reference 
to some one. Sir W. Hamilton, Logic, iii. 
applicableness (ap'li-ka-bl-nes), n. The qual- 
ty of being applicable ; fitness to be applied. 
I* VT.W /'!; i*- -KH\ ,,//,- JTI an applica- 
, . 
a species of willow-herb, Epilobium hirsutum. anplicancyt (ap'li-kan-si), n. [< applicant, in 
-Apple-pie bed, a bed made up, as a practical joke, '* ' < applying ' : see al)p l v and -anew.] 
with one of the sheets doubled upward in the middle, so f' * ie ' "PPJ &,!. .T M* J T. T^.l^ * 
. - 
tliat, while the bed appears as usual from the outside, it The state of being applicable. Is. lay lor. 
prevents one from getting his legs down : so called from applicant (ap'li-kant), n. [< L. apphcan(t-)s, 
' 
the apple-turnover, a kind of pie in which the crust is 
turned or folded over so as to inclose the apples. Ap- 
ple-ple order, an expression used in familiar conversa- 
tion, denoting perfect order : as, everything in the house 
was in apple-pie order. 
I am just in the order which some folks though why 
I am sure I can't tell you would call apple-pie. 
Barham, Ingoldsby Legends, III. 65. 
apple-SCOOp (ap'1-skop), n. A scoop-shaped 
instrument formerly used in eating apples. 
apple-shell (ap'1-shel), n. A snail-shell of the 
ppr. of applicare, apply : see apply.] One who 
applies ; one who makes request ; a petitioner ; 
a candidate. 
The applicant for a cup of water declares himself to be 
the Messias. Plumtree. 
applicatet (ap'li-kat), v. t. [< L. applicatus, pp. 
of applicare, apply: see apply.] To apply. 
The act of faith is applicated to the object. 
Bp. Pearson, Expos, of Creed, ix. 
applique 1 
The rest [physicians] have worn me out 
With several applications. Shak., All's Well, i. 2. 
3. The act of making request or of soliciting; 
the request so made: as, he made application 
to the Court of Chancery. 
One Sidney gave his patronage to the applications of a 
poet ; the other offered it unasked. 
Dryden, Ded. of Don Sebastian. 
4. The act of putting to a special use or pur- 
pose ; adaptation to a specific end. 
What we buy in a broom, a mat, a wag a knife, is 
some application of good sense to a common want. 
Enierxini, Compensation. 
5. The act of filing the mind on something ; 
close attention : devotion, as to a pursuit ; as- 
siduous effort. 
The curate, surprised to find such instances of industry 
and application in a young man who had never met with 
the leastencouragement, asked him if he did not extremely 
re (r ret the want of a liberal education. 
Fielding, Joseph Andrews. 
6. The act of applying a general principle, 
law, or theory to a particular case ; the demon- 
stration of the relation of a general principle 
to an actual state of things ; the testing of some- 
thing theoretical by applying it in practice. 
He laid down with clearness and accuracy the principles 
by which the question is to be decided, but he did not pur- 
sue them into their detailed application. 
Sir G. C. LevAs, Cred. of Early Koman Hist., I. 5. 
7. In law, appropriation; the act of allotting 
among several debts a payment inadequate to 
satisfy all. See appropriation, 4 (b). 8. In as- 
trol., the approach of a planet to any aspect. 
= Syn. 3. Request, solicitation, appeal, petition. 0. In- 
duxtry, Axxiduity, Application, etc. See assiduity. 
applicationeft (ap-li-ka'shon-er), . [< appli- 
cation + -erl.] One who makes an application 
or appeal. N. E. D. 
applicative (ap'li-ka-tiv), a. [= F. applicatif, 
< L. applicare : see 'apply, applicate, and -ive.] 
Applying; applicatory; practical. Bramhall. 
applicator (ap'li-ka-tor), n. [NL., < L. appti- 
care, pp. applicatus : see apply.] It. One who 
applies. 2. A surgical instrument for apply- 
ing anything, as caustic or a tent, to a deep- 
seated part. E. H. Knight. 
applicatory (ap'li-ka-to-ri), a. and n. [< appli- 
cate, r. : see -ory.] 1. o. 1. Consisting in or fit- 
ted for application ; serving for application ; 
practical: as, "applicatory information," Bp. 
Wilkins, Ecclesiastes. [Rare.] 
He therein [the Bible] morning and evening read a 
chapter, with a little applicatory exposition, before and 
after which he made a prayer. 
C. Mather, Mag. Chris., iii. 1. 
This applicatory portion of a sermon, wherever it oc- 
curs, is strikingly indicative of the intensity of preaching. 
A. Phelps, Theory of Preaching, xxxii. 
2f. Making application, appeal, or request. 
N. E. D. 
H.t n. That which applies ; a means of put- 
ting to use. 
Faith is the inward applicatory [of Christ's death], and 
if there be any outward, it must be the sacraments. 
Jer. Taylor, Worthy Communicant, i. 4. 
applied (a-plid'), p. a. [< apply + -ed?.] Put 
on ; put to ; directed ; employed : said specifi- 
cally of a science when its laws are employed 
and exemplified in dealing with concrete phe- 
nomena, and in this use distinguished from 
abstract or theoretical Applied chemistry, logic, 
mathematics, etc. See the nouns. Applied work. 
See applique. 
appliedly (a-pll'ed-li), adv. By or in applica- 
tion. [Rare.] 
All superstition whatsoever retiecteth upon religion. It 
is not but in such acts as be of themselves, or appliedly, 
acts of religion and piety. 
Bp. Xountaytt, Appeal to Cwsar, p. 267. 
cut under Ampullariidte. 
apple-snail (ap'1-snal), . The snail which has 
an apple-shell ; one of the Ampullariidce. 
apple-SQUiret (ap'l-skwlr), n. [Cf. apron- 
squire.'] 1. A pimp; a kept gallant; a page 
who waited on loose women. 
Of pages, some be court-pages, others ordinary gallants 
pages, and the third apple-struiers. 
Marston, What You Will, iii. 1. 
2. Awittol. 
apple-tree (ap'l-tre), . [< ME. appettre, appil- 
tre, appultre, < AS. (epeltreow, later contr. oeple- 
tre (*ceppeltre6v3,*appeltredw not authenticated) 
= Norw. dial, epletre = Dan. uMetrce; not, as 
usually regarded, a " corruption " of AS. apul- 
der, apuldor, apuldre (the alleged *<eppelder, 
"ceppeldor, "apelder, etc., not authenticated) 
= OHG. aphaltra, apholtra, affoltra, affultra, 
case, llutton. [Rare.] Applicate ordlnate, in math., 
a straight line applied at right angles to the axis of any 
conic section, and bounded by the curve. [Rare.) 
II. n. [(. L. applicata (sc. linea, line), fern, 
of applicatus : see above.] An ordinate to a 
conic section. [Rare.] 
application (ap-li-ka'shon), n. [=F. applica- 
tion, < L. applicatio(n-), a joining or attaching 
one's self to, < applicare, pp. applicatus : see 
apply.] 1. The act of applying or putting to; 
the act of laying on: as, the application of 
emollients to a diseased limb. 2. The thing 
or remedy applied: as, the pain was abated by 
the application. 
^ rr ..^.r, put on, < L. applicare : see _ 
1. In, modern dress and upholstery, applied or 
sewed on, or produced in this way. Thus, the 
gimp or pattern of soiled or injured lace may be sewed 
upon a new ground, or embroidered flowers may be secured 
to new silk; in such a case the pattern or ..rnament is 
said to be appliqut, and the whole is ajij;(yi' work. 
2. More generally, said of one material, as met- 
al, fixed upon another, in ornamental work: as, 
pliqi/6 upon a surface of fili- 
. & applique upon a Japanese 
f acauer and the like. [In both senses also used 
s a 1 noun i_p olnt a ppll(iu6 , point-lace in which the 
JJ,jJL after having been separately made, has been ap- 
plied to the net which forms the foundation. 
