Ap"ple-john`, n.. A kind of apple which by keeping becomes much withered; -- called also Johnapple. Shak.
Ap"ple pie` (&?;). A pie made of apples (usually sliced or stewed) with spice and sugar.
Apple-pie bed, a bed in which, as a joke, the sheets are so doubled (like the cover of an apple turnover) as to prevent any one from getting at his length between them. Halliwell Conybeare. -- Apple-pie order, perfect order or arrangement. [Colloq.] Halliwell.
Ap"ple-squire` (&?;), n. A pimp; a kept gallant. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.
Ap*pli"a*ble (&?;), a. [See Apply.] Applicable; also, compliant. [Obs.] Howell.
Ap*pli"ance (&?;), n. 1. The act of applying; application; [Obs.] subservience. Shak.
2. The thing applied or used as a means to an end; an apparatus or device; as, to use various appliances; a mechanical appliance; a machine with its appliances.
Ap`pli*ca*bil"i*ty (&?;), n. The quality of being applicable or fit to be applied.
Ap"pli*ca*ble (&?;), a. [Cf. F. aplicable, fr. L. applicare. See Apply.] Capable of being applied; fit or suitable to be applied; having relevance; as, this observation is applicable to the case under consideration. -- Ap"pli*ca*ble*ness, n. -- Ap"pli*ca*bly, adv.