Pl. -ices and -ixes. [a. L. appendix, f. appendĕre: see APPEND. A sing. appendice after Fr. appears in 17th c.] That which is attached as if by being hung on; = APPENDAGE, but now of more restricted use.
1. Of things material: A subsidiary external adjunct, addition or accompaniment; an additional possession, a dependency. Obs. in gen. sense exc. by transference from 2.
1592. Greene, Upst. Courtier, in Harl. Misc. (Malh.), II. 230. If it be his pleasure to haue his appendices primde, or his mouchaches fostred.
c. 1645. Howell, Lett., i. 26. Normandy, once an Appendix of the Crown of England.
1665. J. Spencer, Prophecies, 125. The Ark, the Shechinah, the heavenly fire, and the rest, were ceremonial appendices.
1710. Shaftesb., Charact., VI. v. (1737), III. 379. Figures of Men … accidentally introduc’d, as Appendices, or Ornaments.
1880. trans. Wurtz’ Atom. Th., 150. The bodies added as appendices have become the heads of their respective families.
† b. transf. of persons; cf. APPENDANT 2 b. Obs.
1596. Shaks., Tam. Shr., IV. iv. 104. To bid the Priest be readie to come against you come with your appendix.
1692. E. Walker, Epictetus (1737), xxiii. My Children … are but the Appendixes of me.
2. An addition subjoined to a document or book, having some contributory value in connection with the subject-matter of the work, but not essential to its completeness.
1549. Latimer, 7 Serm. bef. Edw. VI. (Arb.), 46. The commentaries, contaynyng the solemnities of their religion wyth manye other appendixes.
1638. Penit. Conf., xii. (1657), 317. Towards the end whereof is an Appendix or Post-script.
1711. F. Fuller, Med. Gym., Pref. As I have related in the Appendix to this Treatise.
1880. Athenæum, 30 Oct., 567. [It] contains two important appendixes.
1881. Academy, 18 June, 457/2. He argues … in one of his numerous appendices, that [etc.].
3. Biol. A small process or prolongation developed from the surface of any organ.
1615. Crooke, Body of Man, 113. The appendixe of the Mesenterie … of the nature of a ligament.
1658. Sir T. Browne, Gard. Cyrus, 526. The appendices or beards in the calicular leaves [of the rose].
1863. Oliver, Less. Bot. (1873), 142. Viola odorata … two narrow dorsal appendices from the base of the connective of the two anterior anthers.
† b. The sucker of a plant or tree. Obs.
1664. Evelyn, Sylva (1679), 30. Both these sorts [of elms] are rais’d of Appendices, or Suckers.
† 4. Of things immaterial: A subsidiary addition, accompaniment or consequence; an accessory. Obs.
1542. Boorde, Brev. (1870), 103. The Apendex to all the premisses that foloweth.
1578. Timme, Calvin on Gen., 360. His promise was an addition, or an appendix of that principal point.
1621. Burton, Anat. Mel., I. ii. II. vi. (1651), 86. Idleness is an appendix to nobility.
1662. J. Chandler, Van Helmont’s Oriatr., 267. Therefore the will of a blessed Soul should be a burdensome appendice.
1699. Boyer, Fr. Dict. (1759), s.v., Who look upon Idleness as an Appendix of their Greatness.
