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ose which are based on a comprehensive comparison of the range of objects or facts in any branch or department, and which aim to study out and treat of the fundamental laws or systems of relation pervading them; as, comparative anatomy, comparative physiology, comparative philology.

describing circles, measuring figures, etc., consisting of two, or (rarely) more, pointed branches, or legs, usually joined at the top by a rivet on which they move.

That class of Mollusca which includes the bivalve shells; the Lamellibranchiata. See Mollusca.

remaining in one's class or in college; as, to condition a student who has failed in some branch of study.

A meeting of the two branches of a legislature, by their committees, to adjust between them.

Any unbranched, slender, green plant of the fresh-water algae. The word is frequently used in a wider sense.

tions of the plane are sometimes, though not generally included. -- Conic sections, that branch of geometry which treats of the parabola, ellipse, and hyperbola. -- Conical pendulum. See Pendulum. -- Conical projection, a method of delineating the surface of a sphere upon a plane surface as if projected upon the sur…

That branch of geometry which treats of the cone and the curves which arise from its sections.

ially in carboniferous rocks. Such fossils are supposed by some to be the teeth of marsipobranch fishes, but they are probably the jaws of annelids.

A public place of instruction in any special branch, esp. music and the arts. [See Conservatory, 3].

A public place of instruction, designed to preserve and perfect the knowledge of some branch of science or art, esp. music.

onsignee at one time or by one conveyance. To increase your consignments of this valuable branch of national commerce. Burke.

A submarine, semicalcareous or calcareous plant, consisting of many jointed branches.

Having the form of coral; branching like coral.

ee under Aulic. -- Cabinet council. See under Cabinet. -- City council, the legislative branch of a city government, usually consisting of a board of aldermen and common council, but sometimes otherwise constituted. -- Common council. See under Common. -- Council board, Council table, the table round which a counci…

To curl; to form into ringlets, as hair, or the nap of cloth; to interweave, as the branches of trees.

A pipe-fitting with four branches the axes of which usually form's right angle. Cross and pile, a game with money, at which it is put to chance whether a coin shall fall with that side up which bears the cross, or the other, which is called pile, or reverse; the game called heads or tails. -- Cross bottony or bottoné.…

The angle formed by the parting of two legs or branches; a fork; the point where a trunk divides; as, the crotch of a tree.

g given on account of, or obtained by, faithful or successful effort; a reward. "An olive branch and laurel crown." Shak. They do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptiblle. 1 Cor. ix. 25. Be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life. Rev. ii. 10.

The criminal branch of the Court of King's or Queen's Bench, commonly called the crown side of the court, which takes cognizance of all criminal cases. Burrill.