a tap or stamp of the foot, formerly serving as a warning of one's intent to attack, but now also used as a feint.
a sharp stroke with the blade used for the purpose of procuring an opening.
a stamp of the foot, used to warn of one's intent to attack
a sharp blow with the blade made to procure an opening
From French; see origin at appeal
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And what about Adem and Eev and the sin with the tree of nowlege and eating the appel and the fall.
From "Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes
This may have lasted an hour, and then, with a loud voice, a voice with the vibration of young manhood, the veteran exclaimed: 'Farewell, my friends; they are beating the appel on high.'
From Mated from the Morgue A tale of the Second Empire by O'Shea, John Augustus
And so, finally, at eight in the evening this Third stupendous Voting, by roll-call or appel nominal, does begin.
From The French Revolution by Carlyle, Thomas
The result of the appel nominal on this question was; 3 sick; 20 absent; 10 refused to vote; 283 voted for, and 424 against it.
From Historical Epochs of the French Revolution With The Judgment And Execution Of Louis XVI., King Of France And A List Of The Members Of The National Convention, Who Voted For And Against His Death by Randolph, Francis
Worcester traces the origin of apple directly to the German apfel, which he derives from æpl, apel, or appel.
From American Pomology Apples by Warder, J. A.
In the 1970s, President Gerald Ford insisted on making some of his medical information public, over the objections of his own physician, Appel told the BBC.
From BBC ● May 30, 2026
"As soon as I saw that it did that, it was like, 'Oh my gosh – that would be perfect for this'," recalls Prof Appel.
From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2025
“It was awful,” Appel, now 42 and married to another man, recalled.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2025
As a “very, very effeminate boy” growing up in Baltimore, Ben Appel was teased mercilessly.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2025
The Gardens of Messieurs Appel and Pose, Merchants, in the Suburbs, are worth seeing.
I dint eat no appels or do nothing sinful.
From "Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes
Also a kinde of russet appels that be very great, of a good tast.
From The History of the Great and Mighty Kingdom of China and the Situation Thereof, Volume I (of 2) by Mendoza, Juan Gonzalez de
I eat ate appels at a fate, Then took my leve and warked home strait.
From The Crown of Success by A. L. O. E.
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