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Webster 1913 Edition
Apex
A′pex
,Noun.
pl. E.
Apexes
; L. Apices
. [L.]
1.
The tip, top, point, or angular summit of anything;
as, the
apex
of a mountain, spire, or cone; the apex
, or tip, of a leaf.2.
(Mining)
The end or edge of a vein nearest the surface.
[U.S.]
Apex of the earth’s motion
(Astron.)
, that point of the heavens toward which the earth is moving in its orbit.
Webster 1828 Edition
Apex
A'PEX
,Noun.
plu.
plu.
The tip, point of summit of any thing. In antiquity, the cap of a flamen or priest; the crest of a helmet. In grammar, the mark of a long syllable. In botany, the anther of flowers, or tops of the stamens, like knobs.