appal, appall (apal)

[ Him [Ajax] viewed the Greeks exulting, with appal The Trojans. Cowper , Iliad, vi. Appal a chi an (ap-a-lach'i-an or -la'chi-an), a. [Named from the App a laches, an Indian tribe.] Appellative of or pertaining to a system of mountains in eastern North America, extending from Cape Gaspé, in the province of Quebec, to northern Alabama, and divided into many ranges bearing separate names. The whole system has also been called the Alleghanies, after its most extensive division. The name Appal a chi an was first applied by the Spaniards to the extreme southern part of the system. Also sometimes spelled A pal a chi an, the Spanish orthography me Appal a chi an tea, the American name for the leaves of two plants, Viburnum ca ino ides and Ilex Ca ine, sometimes used as a substitute for Chinese tea.