n.; pl. Aperies. 1. A place where apes are kept. [ R. ] Kingsley. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The practice of aping; an apish action. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The occupation of a cooper. Crabb. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Relating to a cooper; coopered. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Coopery vessels made of wood. Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Mixed with copper; containing copper, or made of copper; like copper. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Draperies [ F. draperie. ] 1. The occupation of a draper; cloth-making, or dealing in cloth. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Cloth, or woolen stuffs in general. [ 1913 Webster ]

People who ought to be weighing out grocery or measuring out drapery. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A textile fabric used for decorative purposes, especially when hung loosely and in folds carefully disturbed; as: (a) Garments or vestments of this character worn upon the body, or shown in the representations of the human figure in art. (b) Hangings of a room or hall, or about a bed. [ 1913 Webster ]

Like one that wraps the drapery of his couch
About him, and lies down to pleasant dreams. Bryant. [ 1913 Webster ]

All the decent drapery of life is to be rudely torn off. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

Casting of draperies. See under Casting. [ 1913 Webster ]

The casting of draperies . . . is one of the most important of an artist's studies. Fairholt. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. duperie, fr. duper. ] The act or practice of duping. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. imperium, influenced by OF. emperie, empire. See Empire. ] Empire; sovereignty; dominion. [ Archaic ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Struggling for my woman's empery. Mrs. Browning. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Fopperies [ From Fop. ] 1. The behavior, dress, or other indication of a fop; coxcombry; affectation of show; showy folly. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Folly; foolery. [ 1913 Webster ]

Let not the sound of shallow foppery enter
My sober house. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. friperie, fr. fruper. See Fripper. ] 1. Coast-off clothes. [ Obs. ] B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Hence: Secondhand finery; cheap and tawdry decoration; affected elegance. [ 1913 Webster ]

Fond of gauze and French frippery. Goldsmith. [ 1913 Webster ]

The gauzy frippery of a French translation. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A place where old clothes are sold. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. The trade or traffic in old clothes. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Trifling; contemptible. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A building or inclosure used for the cultivation of grapes. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Empery. [ Archaic ] Joye. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. OF. japerie a yelping. ] Jesting; buffoonery. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of the nature of jasper; mixed with jasper.

n. [ From Map. ] The making, or study, of maps. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. The acts and views of the mugwumps. [ Political Cant, U.S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Naperies [ OF. naperie, fr. nape a tablecloth, F. nappe, LL. napa, fr. L. mappa. See Map, and cf. Apron, Napkin. ] Table linen; also, linen clothing, or linen in general. [ Obs. ] Gayton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Like paper; having the thinness or consistency of paper. Gray. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Of or pertaining to pepper; having the qualities of pepper; hot; pungent. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Fig.: Hot-tempered; passionate; choleric. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A pear tree. See Pirie. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Piperidine + acetylene. ] (Chem.) A hydrocarbon obtained by decomposition of certain piperidine derivatives. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Polyp + Gr. &unr_; red. ] (Physiol. Chem.) A coloring matter found in many simple Anthozoa and some hydroids. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The religion of the Roman Catholic Church, comprehending doctrines and practices; -- generally used in an opprobrious sense. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A place where ropes are made. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Tricks deserving the halter; roguery. [ Obs. ] “Saucy merchant . . . so full of his ropery.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Slipper, a. ] 1. Having the quality opposite to adhesiveness; allowing or causing anything to slip or move smoothly, rapidly, and easily upon the surface; smooth; glib; as, oily substances render things slippery. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Not affording firm ground for confidence; as, a slippery promise. [ 1913 Webster ]

The slippery tops of human state. Cowley. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Not easily held; liable or apt to slip away. [ 1913 Webster ]

The slippery god will try to loose his hold. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Liable to slip; not standing firm. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. Unstable; changeable; mutable; uncertain; inconstant; fickle. “The slippery state of kings.” Denham. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. Uncertain in effect. L'Estrange. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. Wanton; unchaste; loose in morals. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Slippery elm. (Bot.) (a) An American tree (Ulmus fulva) with a mucilagenous and slightly aromatic inner bark which is sometimes used medicinally; also, the inner bark itself. (b) A malvaceous shrub (Fremontia Californica); -- so called on the Pacific coast. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The art, process, or employment of making stereotype plates. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A place where stereotype plates are made; a stereotype foundry. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. triperie. ] A place where tripe is prepared or sold. London Quart. Rev. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. tromperie deceit, fr. tromper to deceive. See Trump to trick. ] 1. Deceit; fraud. [ Obs. ] Grenewey. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Something serving to deceive by false show or pretense; falsehood; deceit; worthless but showy matter; hence, things worn out and of no value; rubbish. [ 1913 Webster ]

The trumpery in my house, go bring it hither,
for state to catch these thieves. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Upon the coming of Christ, very much, though not all, of this idolatrous trumpery and superstition was driven out of the world. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Worthless or deceptive in character. “A trumpery little ring.” Thackeray. [ 1913 Webster ]