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The native language of the Irish; that branch of the Celtic languages spoken by the natives of Ireland. Also adj.

A genus of lophobranch fishes of several species in which the head and neck have some resemblance to those of a horse; -- called also sea horse.

That branch of biological science, which treats of the minute (microscopic) structure of animal and vegetable tissues; -- called also histiology.

*ric"i*ty, n. There warriors frowning in historic brass. Pope. Historical painting, that branch of painting which represents the events of history. -- Historical sense, that meaning of a passage which is deduced from the circumstances of time, place, etc., under which it was written. -- The historic sense, the capaci…

A low bush (Viburnum lantanoides) having long, straggling branches and handsome flowers. It is found in the Northern United States. Called also shinhopple.

A conical or branching body, by which a seaweed is attached to its support, and differing from a root in that it is not specially absorbent of moisture.

A parent stock or race of people, not yet divided into separate branches or tribes.

An order of elasmobranch fishes, including, among living species, only the chimæras; -- called also Holocephala. See Chimæra; also Illustration in Appendix.

The art of preaching; that branch of theology which treats of homilies or sermons, and the best method of preparing and delivering them.

stems twining round a support, or of the spiral succession of leaves on stems and their branches.

A book containing the rudiments of any science or branch of knowledge; a manual; a handbook.

f a vein, as of coal or ore; hence, to take horse -- said of a vein -- is to divide into branches for a distance.

The branches of polite or elegant learning; as language, rhetoric, poetry, and the ancient classics; belles-letters.

The business of a husbandman, comprehending the various branches of agriculture; farming. Husbandry supplieth all things necessary for food. Spenser.

That branch of science, or of engineering, which treats of fluids in motion, especially of water, its action in rivers and canals, the works and machinery for conducting or raising it, its use as a prime mover, and the like.

The hollow stem of a hydroid, either simple or branched. See Illust. of Gymnoblastea and Hydroidea.

That branch of the science of mechanics which relates to fluids, or, as usually limited, which treats of the laws of motion and action of nonelastic fluids, whether as investigated mathematically, or by observation and experiment; the principles of dynamics, as applied to water and other fluids.

That branch of surveying which embraces the determination of the contour of the bottom of a harbor or other sheet of water, the depth of soundings, the position of channels and shoals, with the construction of charts exhibiting these particulars.

That branch of physics which treats of the mechanics of liquids, or of their laws of equilibrium and of motion.

That branch of meteorology which relates to, or treats of, water in the atmosphere, or its phenomena, as rain, clouds, snow, hail, storms, etc.