apr on string tenure

Tenure in virtue of one's wife, or for her lifetime only. ā'-proned, a. [Eng. apron; -ed.] Wearing an apron. (Pope: E ay on Man, iv. 197.) *ā-pron-eër, s. [Eng. apron; -eer A tradesman. Contemptuously applied by the Cavaliers to the Parliamentarians. ( D'Urfey: Collin's Walk, iii.) IMG:content-0669.png:[blocks in formation] ā'-pron, *ā-pērn, * nā-prŭn ( Eng . ), nā'p-pērn (N. of Eng . ), s. [In Gael. aparan , aparran; Ir. aprun (these three are from the English); Fr. napper on = a small table-cloth, put over the great one to protect the latter from stains ( Littre ); nappe = a table-cloth; Old Fr. naperon; Low Lat, napa, napра = napkin. Thus, n is now mi ing from the word apron , arising from the false division of the article and the noun; thus, a napron was incorrectly written an apron. Cf. adder .] [NAPERY.] A. Ordinary Language: 1. A cloth, a piece of leather, or anything similar, tied round the waist, and hanging down before to protect the clothes, or as a covering. "Put on two leather jerkins and aprons , and wait upon him at his table as drawers."-Shakesp.: 2 Hen. 2. 2. Anything resembling an apron worn as part of official dre by bishops and deans, Freemasons, Odd fellows, . 3. The leather covering for the legs in an open carriage. 4. The apron of a goose: The fat skin covering the belly of a goose. (Johnson.) propos = (1) a thing said in conversation, (2) speech, (3) purpose, design, (4) pl., idle talk.] IMG:content-0670.png:[blocks in formation] B. As adjective: 1. Opportune, seasonable. 2. Appropriate, bearing on the matter in hand; to the point. "Our Friend Dan Prior told (you know) A tale extremely apropos ." Pope: Imitations ons of Horace ; Sat. vi. 153-4. ăpse, ăp-sis (pl. ap'-si-dēs or tap'-sēs), s. [Lat. abs is , gen it, absidis ; or apsis , gen it. apsidis; Gr. ἁψίς ( haps is ) = Ionic ἀψίς ( apsis ) = (1) a joining, a fastening, (2) the felloe of a wheel or the wheel itself; hence, also, a bow, an arch, a vault; ἅπτω ( haptō ) = to fasten or bind.to.] I. Carriage Building: The felloe or exterior rim or circumference of a wheel. II. Architecture: 1. Gen.: The arched roof of a house, an oven, . 2. Specially : (a) A semi-circular or polygonal and generally dome-roofed rece in a building. Several apses exist in some med iæval churches, the episcopal throne being against the centre of the wall of one, the principal altar in front of a second, and smaller altars in others. They 278 exist also in the temples of antiquity. (Glo . of Architecture.) APSE. (b) The bishop's seat or throne, called also Exedra and Tribune . IIL Art : A reliquary or case in which the reputed relics of saints were placed. IV. Astron. [See APSIDES.]