AÏpic¶uÏlate (?), AÏpic¶uÏla·ted (?), } a. [See Apicular.] (Bot.) Terminated abruptly by a small, distinct point, as a leaf. Ap¶iÏcul·ture (?; 135), n. [L. apis bee + E. culture.] Rearing of bees for their honey and wax. AÏpiece¶ (?), adv. [Pref. aÏ + piece.] Each by itself; by the single one; to each; as the share of each; as, these melons cost a shilling apiece. ½Fined... a thousand pounds apiece.¸ Hume. AÏpie¶ces (?), adv. In pieces or to pieces. [Obs.] ½Being torn apieces.¸ Shak. AÏpik¶ed (?), a. Trimmed. [Obs.] Full fresh and new here gear apiked was. Chaucer. A¶piÏol (?), n. [L. apium parsley + Ïol.] (Med.) An oily liquid derived from parsley. A·piÏol¶oÏgist (?), n. [L. apis bee + Ïlogist (see Ïlogy).] A student of bees. [R.] Emerson. Ø A¶pis (?), n. [L., bee.] (Zo”l.) A genus of insects of the order Hymenoptera, including the common honeybee (Apis mellifica) and other related species. See Honeybee. Ap¶ish (?), a. Having the qualities of an ape; prone to imitate in a servile manner. Hence: Apelike; fantastically silly; foppish; affected; trifling. The apish gallantry of a fantastic boy. Sir W. Scott. Ap¶ishÏly, adv. In an apish manner; with servile imitation; foppishly. Ap¶ishÏness, n. The quality of being apish; mimicry; foppery. AÏpit¶pat , adv. [Pref. aÏ + pitpat.] With quick beating or palpitation; pitapat. Congreve. Ap·laÏcen¶tal , a. [Pref. aÏ + placental.] Belonging to the Aplacentata; without placenta. Ø Ap·laÏcenÏta¶ta , n. pl. [Pref. aÏ not + placenta.] (Zo”l.) Mammals which have no placenta. Ø Ap·laÏcoph¶oÏra (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ? priv. + ? a flat cake + ? to bear.] (Zo”l.) A division of Amphineura in which the body is naked or covered with slender spines or set‘, but is without shelly plates. Ap·laÏnat¶ic (?), a. [Gr. ? priv. + ? disposed to wander, wandering, ? to wander.] (Opt.) Having two or more parts of different curvatures, so combined as to remove spherical aberration; Ð said of a lens. ÷ focus of a lens (Opt.), the point or focus from which rays diverging pass the lens without spherical aberration. In certain forms of lenses there are two such foci; and it is by taking advantage of this fact that the best ~ object glasses of microscopes are constructed. AÏplan¶aÏtism (?), n. Freedom from spherical aberration. AÏplas¶tic (?), a. [Pref. aÏ not + plastic.] Not plastic or easily molded. Ø A·plomb¶ (?), n. [F., lit. perpendicularity; ? to + plomb lead. See Plumb.] Assurance of manner or of action; selfÐpossession. AÏplot¶oÏmy (?), n. [Gr. ? simple + ? a cutting.] (Surg.) Simple incision. Dunglison. Ø AÏplus¶tre (?), n. [L., fr. Gr. ?.] (Rom. Antiq.) An ornamental appendage of wood at the ship's stern, usually spreading like a fan and curved like a bird's feather. Audsley. Ø AÏplys¶iÏa (?), n. [Gr. ? a dirty sponge, fr. ? unwashed; ? priv. + ? to wash.] (Zo”l.) A genus of marine mollusks of the order Tectibranchiata; the sea hare. Some of the species when disturbed throw out a deep purple liquor, which colors the water to some distance. See Illust. in Appendix. Ø ApÏneu¶moÏna (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ? priv. + ?, ?, a lung.] (Zo”l.) An order of holothurians in which the internal respiratory organs are wanting; Ð called also Apoda or Apodes. Ø ApÏn?¶a (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? priv. + ?, ?, breath, ? to breathe, blow.] (Med.) Partial privation or suspension of breath; suffocation. Ap¶o (?). [Gr. ?. See AbÏ.] A prefix from a Greek preposition. It usually signifies from, away from, off, or asunder, separate; as, in apocope (a cutting off), apostate, apostle (one sent away), apocarpous. AÏpoc¶aÏlypse (?), n. [L. apocalypsis, Gr. ?, fr. ? to uncover, to disclose; ? from + ? to cover, conceal: cf. F. apocalypse.] 1. The revelation delivered to St. John, in the isle of Patmos, near the close of the first century, forming the last book of the New Testament. 2. Anything viewed as a revelation; as disclosure. The new apocalypse of Nature. Carlyle. AÏpoc·aÏlyp¶tic (?), AÏpoc·aÏlyp¶ticÏal (?), } a. [Gr. ?.] Of or pertaining to a revelation, or, specifically, to the Revelation of St. John; containing, or of the nature of, a prophetic revelation. ÷ number, the number 666, mentioned in Rev. xiii. 18. It has been variously interpreted.