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The division of Aves which includes all the typical birds, or all living birds except the penguins and birds of ostrichlike form.

Having a fanlike tail; belonging to the Eurhipiduræ, a division of Aves which includes all living birds.

A large division of gastropod molluske, including the Pulmonifera and Opisthobranchiata.

Not odd; capable of division by two without a remainder; -- said of numbers; as, 4 and 10 are even numbers. Whether the number of the stars is even or odd. Jer. Taylor. On even ground, with equal advantage. -- On even keel (Naut.), in a level or horizontal position.

Formerly, one of the administrative divisions or provinces of the Ottoman Empire; -- now called a vilayet.

al letter used, esp. by the early printers, at the commencement of the chapters and other divisions of a book. Brande & C.

One of the divisions or parties of charioteers (distinguished by their colors) in the games of the circus.

y period, of France, abounding in shells, and used by Lyell as the type of his Miocene subdivision.

A division of hand. [Obs.] Thirty acres make a farthing land; nine farthings a Cornish acre; and four Cornish acres a knight's fee. R. Carew.

A division of a book.

superstition; blind adoration. The real and absolute worship of fire falls into two great divisions, the first belonging rather to fetichism, the second to polytheism proper. Tylor.

Consisting of one of fifteen equal parts or divisions of a thing.

Consisting of one of five equal divisions of a thing. Fifth monarchy men (Hist.), a fanatical sect in England, of the time of the commonwealth, who maintained that there would be a fifth universal monarchy, during which Christ would reign on earth a thousand years. -- Fifth wheel, a horizontal wheel or segment above t…

Consisting of one of fifty equal parts or divisions.

Of the best class; of the highest rank; in the first division; of the best quality; first-rate; as, a first-class telescope. First- class car or First-class railway carriage, any passenger car of the highest regular class, and intended for passengers who pay the highest regular rate; -- distinguished from a second-clas…

exual reproduction among the lowest (unicellular) organisms by means of a process of self-division, consisting of gradual division or cleavage of the into two parts, each of which then becomes a separate and independent organisms; as when a cell in an animal or plant, or its germ, undergoes a spontaneous division, and…

A division of the Carnivora, including the dogs, cats, and bears, in which the feet are not webbed; -- opposed to Pinnipedia.

The side of an army, or of any division of an army, as of a brigade, regiment, or battalion; the extreme right or left; as, to attack an enemy in flank is to attack him on the side. When to right and left the front Divided, and to either flank retired. Milton.

Flowery; ornamental; running in rapid melodic figures, divisions, or passages, as in variations; full of fioriture or little ornamentations.

A compartment or division of a chimney for conveying flame and smoke to the outer air.