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n. 1. inability to make purposeful movements, but without paralysis or loss of sensory function. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

adj. 1. having uncoordinated muscular movements, symptomatic of a CNS disorder.
Syn. -- apractic. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. 1. concerned with or designed for use after skiing; occurring after a day of skiing; as, apres-ski wear; an apres-ski party. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. the time after skiing. [ PJC ]

v. t. & i. [ L. apricatus, p. p. of apricare, fr. apricus exposed to the sun, fr. aperire to uncover, open. ] To bask in the sun. Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Basking in the sun. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. apricock, abricot, F. abricot, fr. Sp. albaricoque or Pg. albricoque, fr. Ar. albirqūq, al-burqūq. Though the E. and F. form abricot is derived from the Arabic through the Spanish, yet the Arabic word itself was formed from the Gr. praiko`kia, pl. (Diosc. c. 100) fr. L. praecoquus, praecox, early ripe. The older E. form apricock was prob. taken direct from Pg. See Precocious, Cook. ] (Bot.) A fruit allied to the plum, of an orange color, oval shape, and delicious taste; also, the tree (Prunus Armeniaca of Linnæus) which bears this fruit. By cultivation it has been introduced throughout the temperate zone. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. Aprilis. OE. also Averil, F. Avril, fr. L. Aprilis. ] 1. The fourth month of the year. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Fig.: With reference to April being the month in which vegetation begins to put forth, the variableness of its weather, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

The April's her eyes; it is love's spring. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

April fool, one who is sportively imposed upon by others on the first day of April. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. apriorisme. ] An a priori principle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being innate in the mind, or prior to experience; a priori reasoning. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. 'a priv. + prwkto`s anus. ] (Zool.) A group of Turbellaria in which there is no anal aperture. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Without an anal orifice. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. napron, OF. naperon, F. napperon, dim. of OF. nape, F. nappe, cloth, tablecloth, LL. napa, fr. L. mappa, napkin, table napkin. See Map. ] 1. 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Something which by its shape or use suggests an apron; as, (a) The fat skin covering the belly of a goose or duck. [ Prov. Eng. ] Halliwell. (b) 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 weather being too hot for the apron.” Hughes. (c) (Gun.) A leaden plate that covers the vent of a cannon. (d) (Shipbuilding) A piece of carved timber, just above the foremost end of the keel. Totten. (e) A platform, or flooring of plank, at the entrance of a dock, against which the dock gates are shut. (f) A flooring of plank before a dam to cause the water to make a gradual descent. (g) (Mech.) The piece that holds the cutting tool of a planer. (h) (Plumbing) A strip of lead which leads the drip of a wall into a gutter; a flashing. (i) (Zool.) The infolded abdomen of a crab. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Wearing an apron. [ 1913 Webster ]

A cobbler aproned, and a parson gowned. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Apronfuls The quantity an apron can hold. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Without an apron. [ 1913 Webster ]

A man who wears an apron; a laboring man; a mechanic. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

The string of an apron. [ 1913 Webster ]

To be tied to a wife's apron strings or
To be tied to a mother's apron strings, to be unduly controlled by a wife or mother. [ 1913 Webster ]

He was so made that he could not submit to be tied to the apron strings even of the best of wives. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. & adv. [ F. à propos; à (L. ad) + propos purpose, L. proposium plan, purpose, fr. proponere to propose. See Propound. ] 1. Opportunely or opportune; seasonably or seasonable. [ 1913 Webster ]

A tale extremely apropos. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L., a she goat. ] (Zool.) A genus of ruminants, including the common goat. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) A salt of capric acid. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a genus somprising the skeleton shrimp.
Syn. -- genus Caprella. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ L. capreolus wild goat, tendril, fr.caper goat: cf. F. capréolé. ] (Bot.) Having a tendril or tendrils. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. capreolus wild goat, fr. caper goat. ] (Zool.) Of or pertaining to the roebuck. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a genus of deer including the roe deer (Capreolus capreolus).
Syn. -- genus Capreolus. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

n. Wine produced on the island of Capri, commonly a light, dry, white wine. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. [ L. caper goat. ] (Chem.) Of or pertaining to capric acid or its derivatives. [ 1913 Webster ]

Capric acid (also called decanoic acid), C9H19.CO.OH,
Caprylic acid (also called octanoic acid), C7H15.CO2.H, and
Caproic acid (also called hexanoic acid), C5H11.CO2.H, are fatty acids occurring in small quantities in butter, cocoanut oil, etc., united with glycerin; they are colorless oils, or white crystalline solids, of an unpleasant odor like that of goats or sweat. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ It. See Caprice. ] 1. (Mus.) A piece in a free form, with frequent digressions from the theme; a fantasia; -- often called caprice. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A caprice; a freak; a fancy. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖a. [ It. ] (Mus) In a free, fantastic style. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. caprice, It. capriccio, caprice (perh. orig. a fantastical goat leap), fr. L. caper, capra, goat. Cf Capriole, Cab, Caper, v. i. ] 1. An abrupt change in feeling, opinion, or action, proceeding from some whim or fancy; a freak; a notion. “Caprices of appetite.” W. Irving. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Mus.) See Capriccio.

Syn. -- Freak; whim; crotchet; fancy; vagary; humor; whimsey; fickleness. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. capricieux, It. capriccioso. ] Governed or characterized by caprice; apt to change suddenly; freakish; whimsical; changeable. “Capricious poet.” Shak. “Capricious humor.” Hugh Miller. [ 1913 Webster ]

A capricious partiality to the Romish practices. Hallam.

Syn. -- Freakish; whimsical; fanciful; fickle; crotchety; fitful; wayward; changeable; unsteady; uncertain; inconstant; arbitrary.

-- Ca*pri"cious*ly, adv. -- Ca*pri"cious*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. capricornus; caper goat + cornu horn: cf. F. capricorne. ] 1. (Astron.) The tenth sign of zodiac, into which the sun enters at the winter solstice, about December 21. See Tropic. [ 1913 Webster ]

The sun was entered into Capricorn. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Astron.) A southern constellation, represented on ancient monuments by the figure of a goat, or a figure with its fore part like a fish. [ 1913 Webster ]

Capricorn beetle (Zool.), any beetle of the family Carambucidæ; one of the long-horned beetles. The larvæ usually bore into the wood or bark of trees and shrubs and are often destructive. See Girdler, Pruner. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. caper, capra, goat. ] (Zool.) Of or pertaining to the tribe of ruminants of which the goat, or genus Capra, is the type. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. caprificatio, fr. caprificare to ripen figs by caprification, fr. caprificus the wild fig; caper goat + ficus fig. ] The practice of hanging, upon the cultivated fig tree, branches of the wild fig infested with minute hymenopterous insects. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ It is supposed that the little insects insure fertilization by carrying the pollen from the male flowers near the opening of the fig down to the female flowers, and also accelerate ripening the fruit by puncturing it. The practice has existed since ancient times, but its benefit has been disputed. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. caper goat + folium leaf. ] The woodbine or honeysuckle. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the Honeysuckle family of plants (Caprifoliacæ. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. caper goat + -form. ] Having the form of a goat. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. caprigenus; caper goat + gegnere to produce. ] Of the goat kind. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. capris goat + mulgere to milk. ] a widely distributed natural family of nocturnally active birds including the whip-poor-will (Caprimulgus vociferus), the chuck-will's-widow (Caprimulgus carolinensis), and the common nighthawk (Chordeiles minor); -- called popularly the goatsuckers or nightjars. The nighthawks are sometimes active during the day.
Syn. -- goatsuckers, nightjars, family Caprimulgidae. [ PJC ]

The family . . . is alternately known as the nightjars (derived from the "churring" sounds of several species -- "jarring" the night air), or goatsuckers, a nonsense name that should be discontinued as it has its origin in the preposterous myth that the birds sucked the milk of nanny goats until they were dry. Terence Michael Short (Wild Birds of the Americas)

n. an order of birds including the goatsuckers (Caprimulgidae), frogmouths, and the oilbird (guacharo) (family Steatornithidae).
Syn. -- order Caprimulgiformes. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. the type genus of the Caprimulgidae, including the whip-poor-will (Caprimulgus vociferus) and the chuck-will's-widow (Caprimulgus carolinensis).
Syn. -- genus Caprimulgus. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

a. [ L. caprinus. ] Of or pertaining to a goat; as, caprine gambols. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. capriole, cabriole, It. capriola, fr. L. caper goat. Cf. Caper, v. i. Cabriole, Caprice, Cheveril. ] 1. (Man.) A leap that a horse makes with all fours, upwards only, without advancing, but with a kick or jerk of the hind legs when at the height of the leap. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A leap or caper, as in dancing. “With lofty turns and caprioles.” Sir J. Davies. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To perform a capriole. Carlyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. capripers; caper goat + pes pedis, foot. ] Having feet like those of a goat. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) A salt of caproic acid. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Chem.) See under Capric. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) A salt of caprylic acid. [ 1913 Webster ]