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o exhibit the kind and quality of the whole, or of what is not exhibited; a sample; as, a specimen of a man's handwriting; a specimen of painting; aspecimen of one's art.

A semipellucid, uncrystallized variety of quartz, presenting various tints in the same specimen. Its colors are delicately arranged in stripes or bands, or blended in clouds.

Of or pertaining to algology; as, algological specimens.

no bitumen, in consequence of which it burns with a nearly non luminous flame. The purer specimens consist almost wholly of carbon. Also called glance coal and blind coal.

An artificial pond, or a globe or tank (usually with glass sides), in which living specimens of aquatic animals or plants are kept.

ts cemented together; resembling breccia in appearance. The brecciated appearance of many specimens [of meteorites]. H. A. Newton.

Chinese conduct, art, decoration, or the like; also, a specimen of Chinese manners, art, decoration, etc.

ately carved rococo ornamentation, sculptured either in the solid wood or, in the cheaper specimens, separately and glued on. In the more elaborate pieces three types are recognized: French Chippendale, having much detail, like Louis Quatorze and Louis Quinze; Chinese Chippendale, marked by latticework and pagodalike p…

The act or process of collecting or of gathering; as, the collection of specimens.

ific character of minerals, plants, etc., to assist in determining the species to which a specimen belongs.

ivide or separate, as into classes, orders, kinds, or species; to classify; to assort, as specimens, letters, etc.

Anything small and like a speck comparatively; a small portion or specimen; as, a dot of a child.

r exhibit; as, an endeictic dialogue, in the Platonic philosophy, is one which exhibits a specimen of skill. Enfield.

To collect specimens in the study of entomology. C. Kingsley.

Controversial. [Archaic] A specimen of admirable special pleading in the court of eristic logic. Coleridge.

One or a portion taken to show the character or quality of the whole; a sample; a specimen.

A model, original, or pattern, to be copied or imitated; a specimen; sometimes; an ideal model or type, as that which an artist conceives. Such grand exemplar as make their own abilities the sole measure of what is fit or unfit. South.

Free from any marked characteristic; average; middling; as, a fair specimen. The news is very fair and good, my lord. Shak. Fair ball. (Baseball) (a) A ball passing over the home base at the height called for by the batsman, and delivered by the pitcher while wholly within the lines of his position and facing the batsm…

in any soft material. Fictile earth is more fragile than crude earth. Bacon. The earliest specimens of Italian fictile art. C. Wordsworth. Fictile ware, ware made of any material which is molded or shaped while soft; hence, pottery of any sort. -- Fic"tile*ness, n. -- Fic*til"i*ty, n.

That which is furnished as a specimen; a sample; a supply. [Obs.] Greene.