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A class of claret wines, including several varieties, from the district of Médoc in the department of Gironde.

The department of musical science which treats of the pitch of tones, and of the laws of melody.

That department of medical science which treats of miasma.

A Portuguese money of account rated in the treasury department of the United States at one dollar and eight cents; also, a Brazilian money of account rated at fifty-four cents and six mills.

gn or executive head of a government intrusts the management of affairs of state, or some department of such affairs. Ministers to kings, whose eyes, ears, and hands they are, must be answerable to God and man. Bacon.

motor-driven vehicles, or automobiles, for the horses and horse-drawn vehicles of (a fire department, city, etc.). - -Mo`tor*i*za"tion (#), n.

The department of physiology which deals with the principles of muscular contraction; the exercise of muscular force or contraction.

That department of the science of metaphysics which investigates and explains the nature and essential properties and relations of all beings, as such, or the principles and causes of being.

nance survey, the official survey of Great Britain and Ireland, conducted by the ordnance department.

work or product, as where different kinds of goods are made, or where there are different departments in a business; -- called also fixed, establishment, or (in a manufacturing business) administration, selling, and distribution, charges, etc.

where parcels are received for keeping or forwarding and delivery. -- Parcel post, that department of the post office concerned with the collection and transmission of parcels. -- Part and parcel. See under Part.

One who pastes; as, a paster in a government department.

The scientific description of rocks; that department of science which investigates the constitution of rocks; petrology.

The department of science which is concerned with the mineralogical and chemical composition of rocks, and with their classification: lithology.

armaceutical preparations. -- Phar`ma*ceu"tic*al*ly, adv. Pharmaceutical chemistry, that department of chemistry which ascertains or regulates the composition of medicinal substances.

ats of the laws and properties of matter, and the forces acting upon it; especially, that department of natural science which treats of the causes (as gravitation, heat, light, magnetism, electricity, etc.) that modify the general properties of bodies; natural philosophy.

That department of meteorology that treats of the measurement of the precipitation of rain, snow, etc.

civil government of a nation or state; the framework or organization by which the various departments of government are combined into a systematic whole. Blackstone. Hooker.

The chief officer of the post-office department of a government. In the United States the postmaster-general is a member of the cabinet.

A Roman officer who controlled or superintended a particular command, charge, department, etc.; as, the prefect of the aqueducts; the prefect of a camp, of a fleet, of the city guard, of provisions; the pretorian prefect, who was commander of the troops guarding the emperor's person.