APRIL, the fourth Month of the Year, according to the common Computation, but the second according to that of the Astronomers. See MONTH. In this Month the Sun travels through the Sign Taurus. See SUN and TAURUS. The Word is derived from the Latin aperilis, of aperio, to open; because the Earth, in this Month, begins to open her Bosom for the Production of Vegetables. See SPRING.
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