APOZEMICAL
Ap`o*zem"ic*al, a.
Defn: Pertaining to, or resembling, a decoction. [Obs.] J. Whitaker.
APPAIR
Ap*pair", v. t. & i. Etym: [OF. empeirier, F. empire. See Impair.]
Defn: To impair; to grow worse. [Obs.]
APPALACHIAN
Ap`pa*la"chi*an, a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to a chain of mountains in the United States, commonly called the Allegheny mountains.
Note: The name Appalachian was given to the mountains by the
Spaniards under De Soto, who derived it from the heighboring Indians.
Am. Cyc.
APPALL
Ap*pall", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Appalled; p. pr. & vb. n. Appalling.]
Etym: [OF. appalir to grow pale, make pale; a (L. ad) + pâlir to grow
pale, to make pale, pâle pale. See Pale, a., and cf. Pall.]
1. To make pale; to blanch. [Obs.] The answer that ye made to me, my dear, . . . Hath so appalled my countenance. Wyatt.
2. To weaken; to enfeeble; to reduce; as, an old appalled wight. [Obs.] Chaucer. Whine, of its own nature, will not congeal and freeze, only it will lose the strength, and become appalled in extremity of cold. Holland.