aperner

[O. Eng. apern = apron, and suff. -er.] One who wears an apron; a drawer. "We have no wine here, methinks; where's this aperner 1"-Chapman: May - day, iii. 4. *ā-per-sē, a [Lat. A by itself.] Superexcellent. "She was A woman, A - per - se alon." Romans of Partenay (ed. Skeat), 1,148. *a-pers'-mar, * a-pīrs-mart, a . [Jamie son thinks it is from A.S. afor , afre = bitter, sharp, or from Icel. apar = bitter.] Crabbed, ill-humoured. ( Palice of Honour , iii. 77.) *a-pert' ( Eng. and Scotch), ap-pert ( Scotch ), a. [Lat. apert us = opened, pa. par. of aperio = to open.] quality of being open; openne , frankne . "The freedom or apertne and vigour of pronouncing, and the closene of muffling and lazine of speaking, render the sound different."- Holder .