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

That departament of natural history which treats of technical terms.

One who goes out or departs.

Going out; departing; as, the outgoing administration; an outgoing steamer.

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.

To depart in haste; -- generally with off or away. Poor Stella must pack off to town Swift. You shall pack, And never more darken my doors again. Tennyson.

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.

To give leave (of departure) to. [Obs.] Even now about it! I will pardon you. Shak. Pardon me, forgive me; excuse me; -- a phrase used also to express courteous denial or contradiction.

To go away; to depart; to take leave; to quit each other; hence, to die; -- often with from. He wrung Bassanio's hand, and so they parted. Shak. He owned that he had parted from the duke only a few hours before. Macaulay. His precious bag, which he would by no means part from. G. Eliot.

Given when departing; as, a parting shot; a parting salute. "Give him that parting kiss." Shak.

Departure. [Obs.] Spenser.

the range of the senses or of knowledge; to pass away; hence, to disappear; to vanish; to depart; specifically, to depart from life; to die. Disturb him not, let him pass paceably. Shak. Beauty is a charm, but soon the charm will pass. Dryden. The passing of the sweetest soul That ever looked with human eyes. Tennyson.…

Removal from life; decease; departure; death. [R.] "Endure thy mortal passage." Milton. When he is fit and season'd for his passage. Shak.

Relating to the act of passing or going; going by, beyond, through, or away; departing.

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

That departnent of historical theology which treats of the lives and doctrines of the Fathers of the church.

generally regarded as commemorative of the gift of the law on the fiftieth day after the departure from Egypt.

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.