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A ragged, stunted tree or branch. Scrag whale (Zoöl.), a North Atlantic whalebone whale (Agaphelus giddosus). By some it is considered the young of the right whale.

A stunted shrub, bush, or branch. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]

by a committee of the votes given at an election, for the purpose of correcting the poll. Brande & C.

A genus of oceanic nudibranchiate mollusks having the small branched gills situated on the upper side of four fleshy lateral lobes, and on the median caudal crest.

Any gorgonian which branches in a fanlike form, especially Gorgonia flabellum of Florida and the West Indies.

Any gorgonian which branches in a plumelike form.

Any gorgonian which branches like a fern.

A sertularian hydroid, especially Sertularia abietina, which branches like a miniature fir tree.

Any branched marine bryozoan resembling moss.

A gorgonian coral with long flexible branches.

to be derived from the weeds growing among the vines; -- said of certain kinds of FRench brandy.

That branch of astronomy which treats of the moon. -- Sel`e*no*log"i*cal, a.

A member of a branch of the Arians which did not acknowledge the Son to be consubstantial with the Father, that is, of the same substance, but admitted him to be of a like substance with the Father, not by nature, but by a peculiar privilege.

One branch of a parabola, being terminated at the principal vertex of the curve.

The upper and less numerous branch of a legislature in various countries, as in France, in the United States, in most of the separate States of the United States, and in some Swiss cantons.

A genus of delicate branching hydroids having small sessile hydrothecæ along the sides of the branches.

Any species of Sertularia, or of Sertularidæ, a family of hydroids having branched chitinous stems and simple sessile hydrothecæ. Also used adjectively.

use; to answer a purpose; to suffice; to suit; to be convenient or favorable. This little brand will serve to light your fire. Dryden. As occasion serves, this noble queen And prince shall follow with a fresh supply. Shak.

Resting directly upon the main stem or branch, without a petiole or footstalk; as, a sessile leaf or blossom.

The part of a candlestick which supports its branches. Thou shalt make a candlestick of pure gold . . . his shaft, and his branches, his bowls, his knops, and his flowers, shall be of the same. Ex. xxv. 31.