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BranchBranch Branch, n.; pl. Branches. [OE. braunche, F. branche,
fr. LL. branca claw of a bird or beast of prey; cf. Armor.
brank branch, bough.]
1. (Bot.) A shoot or secondary stem growing from the main
stem, or from a principal limb or bough of a tree or other
plant.
2. Any division extending like a branch; any arm or part
connected with the main body of thing; ramification; as,
the branch of an antler; the branch of a chandelier; a
branch of a river; a branch of a railway.
Most of the branches, or streams, were dried up.
--W. Irving.
3. Any member or part of a body or system; a distinct
article; a section or subdivision; a department.
``Branches of knowledge.' --Prescott.
It is a branch and parcel of mine oath. --Shak.
4. (Geom.) One of the portions of a curve that extends
outwards to an indefinitely great distance; as, the
branches of an hyperbola.
5. A line of family descent, in distinction from some other
line or lines from the same stock; any descendant in such
a line; as, the English branch of a family.
His father, a younger branch of the ancient stock.
--Carew.
6. (Naut.) A warrant or commission given to a pilot,
authorizing him to pilot vessels in certain waters.
Branches of a bridle, two pieces of bent iron, which bear
the bit, the cross chains, and the curb.
Branch herring. See Alewife.
Root and branch, totally, wholly.
Syn: Bough; limb; shoot; offshoot; twig; sprig. Branch
Branch Branch, v. t.
1. To divide as into branches; to make subordinate division
in.
2. To adorn with needlework representing branches, flowers,
or twigs.
The train whereof loose far behind her strayed,
Branched with gold and pearl, most richly wrought.
--Spenser.
Branch
Branch Branch, a.
Diverging from, or tributary to, a main stock, line, way,
theme, etc.; as, a branch vein; a branch road or line; a
branch topic; a branch store.
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branch (sometimes
referred to in
- a
branch line is a
secondary railway line
which branches off a more
important through route,
usually a main line . a very
short branch -
church of
jesus christ of latter-day
saints (lds church), a ward is the
larger of two
types of
local congregations (the
smaller being a branch).
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under this model, the
state is
divided into branches, each with
separate and
independent powers and
areas of
responsibility so that no
- of
staff ,
which includes the head of each of the
defense department's
service branches as well as the
chief of the
national guard bureau .
- a branch,
banking center or
financial center is a
retail location where a bank ,
credit union , or
other financial institution (and by
- a
branch is
sequence of code in a
computer program which is
conditionally executed depending on how the flow of
control is
altered at the
- branches:
general staff planning directorate operations directorate idf
spokesperson intelligence directorate intelligence corps - armée, “armed” (feminine), in the
broadest sense, is the land-based
military branch ,
service branch or
armed service of a
nation or
state .
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depending on its
locale or
certain characteristics, a
stream may be
referred to as a branch, brook, beck, burn , creek, 'crick', gill
