Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for AP-PEND'AGE
AP-PEND'AP-PEND'ANCE, or AP-PEND'ENCE
AP-PEND'AGE, n.
Something added to a principal or greater thing, though not necessary to it, as a portico to a house. Modesty is the appendage of sobriety. – Taylor.
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