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A point where one branch of a curve crosses another branch. See Double point, under Double, a.

That branch of Zoölogy which treats of the Crustacea; malacostracology; carcinology.

subdues; a check or hindbrance; esp., a chain or strap attached to the upper part of the branches of a bit, and capable of being drawn tightly against the lower jaw of the horse. He that before ran in the pastures wild Felt the stiff curb control his angry jaws. Drayton. By these men, religion,that should be The curb,…

aint and curiousvolume of forgotten lore. E. A. Poe. Abstruse investigations in recondite branches of learning or sciense often bring to light curious results. C. J. Smith. Curious arts, magic. [Obs.] Many . . . which used curious arts brought their books together, and burned them. Acts xix. 19.

A multiple point of a curve at which two or more branches of the curve have a common tangent.

ulated suckers, by means of which it secures its prey. The name is sometimes applied to dibranchiate cephalopods generally.

ical order, information in all departments of knowledge, or on a particular department or branch; as, a cyclopedia of the physical sciences, or of mechanics. See Encyclopedia.

A glass of fishes having a suckerlike mouth, without jaws, as the lamprey; the Marsipobranchii.

The most westerly branch of the great Slavic family of nations, numbering now more than 6,000,000, and found principally in Bohemia and Moravia.

That branch of archæology which has to do with gem engraving.

Dead trees or branches; useless material.

ers having ten arms or tentacles; -- called also Decapoda. [Written also Decacera.] See Dibranchiata.

A division of the dibranchiate cephalopods including the cuttlefishes and squids. See Decacera.

ach of which is at right angles to the next pair above or below; as, decussated leaves or branches.

amily Cervidæ. The males, and in some species the females, have solid antlers, often much branched, which are shed annually. Their flesh, for which they are hunted, is called venison.

The separation of ripened leaves from a branch or stem; the falling or shedding of the leaves.

Branching so that the stem is lost in branches, as in most deciduous trees. Gray.

A stone or mineral on or in which are branching figures resembling shrubs or trees, produced by a foreign mineral, usually an oxide of manganese, as in the moss agate; also, a crystallized mineral having an arborescent form, e. g., gold or silver; an arborization.

A division of the Turbellaria in which the digestive cavity gives off lateral branches, which are often divided into smaller branchlets.

A member of the Chamber of Deputies. [France] Chamber of Deputies, one of the two branches of the French legilative assembly; -- formerly called Corps Législatif. Its members, called deputies, are elected by the people voting in districts.