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AP'PIA V.lA, or Appian Way, aa ancient paved high¬ 
way of Italy. It began within the city of Rome, at the place 
where Conftantine’s triumphal arch is erected. The tirft 
projector of it, Appius Claudius Caacus, at an immenfeex- 
pence from the public treafury, carried it as far as Capua ; 
Julius CWfar, from Capua to Benevento ; and Auguftus 
thence to Brundufium. The Appian Way, a great part 
of which remains entire till this day, was 350 miles in 
length, and about 15 feet in breadth. Caius Gracchus 
placed Hones along it, called cippi, for travellers to fit 
and reft on, and riders to mount at, who, in thofe days, 
had no ftirrups ; alfo mile-ftones, called miliaria, or lapi- 
des. It was laid with very hard ftone, and was fo wide, 
that feveral waggons could goabreaft. Statius calls it the 
queen of roads. Its courfe is defcribed by Horace, Strabo, 
and Antonine. 
APPl'ADES, a name given to thefe five deities, Ve¬ 
nus, Pallas, Vefta, Concord, and Peace; becaule they had 
a temple near the Appian waters, at Rome. 
AP'PIAN, an eminent writer of the Roman hiftory in 
Greek, under the reign of Trajan and Adrian. He was 
of a good family at Alexandria in Egypt; wence he went 
to Rome, and there diftinguiftied himfelf fo well as an ad¬ 
vocate, that he was chofen one of the procurators of the 
empire, and the government of a province was committed 
to him. He did not complete the Roman hiftory in a con¬ 
tinued feries ; but wrote diftinct hiftories of all nations 
that had been conquered by the Romans, in which he 
placed every thing relating to thofe nations in the proper 
order of time. His ftyle is plain and iimple : in the opi¬ 
nion of Phocius, he manifefted the greateft knowledge of 
military affairs, and the happieft talent at defcribing them; 
for, while we read him, we in a manner fee the battles he 
defcribes. Of all this voluminous work there remains 
only what treats of the Punic, Syrian, Parthian, Mithri- 
datic, and Spanifh, wars, with thofe againft Hannibal, the 
civil wars, and the wars in Illyricum, and fome fragments 
of the Celtic or Gallic wars. 
AP'PIUS Claudius, a Sabine by birth, one of the 
principal inhabitants of Regillum. His fliining merit ha¬ 
ving drawn the envy of his fellow-citizens upon him, he 
retired to Rome with all his family. Appius was admit¬ 
ted into the fenate, and was made conful, with Publius 
Servilitis Prifcus, in 258 from the building of Rome : 
but he was hated by the plebeians, being an auftere op- 
pofer of their clamours and feditions, The Claudian fa¬ 
mily continued long one of the mod illuftrious of the pa¬ 
trician families in Rome ; and feveral in fucceilion of the 
name of Appius fupported the fame fiern character that 
diftinguiftied their firft founder. 
To APPLAU'D, v. a. [ applaudo , Lat.J To praife by 
clapping the hands. To praife in general. 
Nations unborn your mighty names fhall found, 
And worlds applaud that muft not yet be found. Pope. 
APPLAUD'ER,y. [from applaud. ] He that praifes or 
commends. 
APPLAU'SE, f. [ applaufus , Lat.] Approbation loudly 
eXprefted ; praife : properly a clap with the hands, &c. 
See their wide-ftreaming wounds ; they neither came 
For pride of empire, nor defire of fame ; 
Kings fight for kingdoms, madmen for applaufe, 
But love for love alone, thatcrowns the lover’scaufe. Dryd. 
Applause, in antiquity, differed from acclamation , as 
the latter was articulate and performed with the voice, 
the former with the hands. Among the Romans, ap¬ 
plaufe was an artificial mufical kind of noife, made by the 
audience or fpedtators to exprefs their fatisfaCftion. There 
were three fpecies of applaufe, viz. Bembus, Imbrices , and 
Tcjlat ; the firft a confuted din, made either by the hands 
or the mouth ; the fecond and third, by beating on a fort 
ot Tounding veftels placed in the theatres for this purpofe. 
Perfons were inftrudted to give applaufe with fkill, and 
there were even mafters who profefied to teach the art. 
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The proficients in this way let themfelves out for hire >0 
the vain-glorious among the poets, actors, &c. on pur¬ 
pofe to fupport a loud applaufe. Thefe they called Lau. 
dicceni,- and Ss<po»cA=i;. At the end of the play, a loud 
peal of applaufe was expected, and even afked of the air- 
dience, either by the chorus or the perfon who fpoke laft. 
The formula was, SpeBatores plauditc, or Valcte et plauditc. 
The plaufores, or appjauders, were divided into chori, 
and difpofed oppofite to each other, like the chorifters in 
cathedrals, fo that there was a kind of concert of applaufes. 
APPLE, Custard, f. in botany. See Annona. 
Apple of the Eye, a name not unfrequently given to the 
pupil.—Hekept him asthe^pp/eofhiseye. Deut. xxxii. to. 
Apple, Love. See Solanum. 
Apple, Mad. See Solanum. 
Apple, Pine. See Bromelia. 
Apple, Purple. See Annona. 
Apple, Sour. See Annona. 
Apple, Thorn. See Datura. 
Apple-Tree. See Pyrus. 
Apple, Water. See Annona. 
APPLEBY, [called by the Romans Ahallaba,'] is the 
county town of Weffmoreland, and where the aflizes are 
held. It was formerly of great extent; but, a great part 
of it having been deftroyed by the Scots, it is now reduced 
to a fmail, but pleafant, town ; it confifts principally of 
one ftreet, running about 40 yards wide, with three nar¬ 
row ftreets running from it. The market is kept on Sa¬ 
turdays, and is generally well fupplied, an^ very reafon- 
able ; fifti are fcarce, (being fo far from the fea,) except 
trout, which are caught in great plenty in the river E- 
den, which runs clofe by the town, and divides the Lon¬ 
don road from it. The fairs are on Whitfun-eve, Whit- 
Monday, June 10, and Auguft 10. It is the only bo¬ 
rough in Weftmoreland, and fends two members to par¬ 
liament : it is a town-corporate, confiding of a mayor, re¬ 
corder, 12 aldermen, 16 common council, two chamber¬ 
lains, two ferjeants, and two beadles. Here is an excel¬ 
lent free-grammar-fehool, founded in the year 1507 ; the 
Handing falary 120I. The church, which is very ancient, 
is dedicated to St. Lawrence, in the diocefe of Carlifle. 
At the upper end of the town is the caftle, formerly be¬ 
longing to the countefs of Pembroke, but now to the earl 
of Thanet. The fteep, on whole brow this noble edifice is 
erefted, is richly cloathed with wood ; fave only where a 
rugged cliff of a red hue breaks through the trees, and 
gives an agreeable variety to the landfcape. The front of 
the caftle is irregular and antique. Over its front, the 
top of a fine fquare tower is difeovered, whofe corners 
rife in turrets; the landfcape to the left is richly wooded : 
to the right it is divided by hanging gardens, which ad¬ 
join the town, overtopped with dwellings. The profpeift 
from the terrace, which is under the eaftern front of the 
caftle, is very beautiful. To the right, the river Eden 
forms a winding lake, whofe banks are clothed w ith lofty 
hanging woods, defeending in a fwift, but regular, fweep, 
to the brink of the dream. On the left, lofty cliff's and 
precipices arife perpendicular from the water, ovei whofe 
brows, oaks and allies hanging, render their afpeft more 
romantic by the folemn ftiade. On the ground above, 
the public road leading to Appleby winds up the hill, 
on whofe fide fome cottages are fcattered; whilft all be¬ 
hind the diftant ground is formed by mountains, fhadowed 
with clouds. Here is an hofpital for 13 poor widows, en¬ 
dowed by the qountefs of Pembroke. 
AP'PLEDORE, a fmail town in Kent, fituated on the 
fouth fide of the county, nine miles from New Romney, 
and 34 from London, in the direft road to Tenterden, on 
the banks of the river Rother. It had anciently a market, 
which has long been difufed, but has a fair in July. Here 
is a court-leet, which extends itfelf over Town-borough 
and Horfe-borough. It is faid, the fea formerly Ho wed 
up as far as this town. 
APPLE ABLE, adj. That which may be applied. For 
this word the moderns ufe applicable ; which lee. 
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