Webster's Dictionary 1913

7804

Speary

Spear″y (?), a. Having the form of a spear.

7805

Spece

Spece (?), n. Species; kind. Chaucer.

7806

Specht

Specht (?), n. [See Speight.] (Zoöl.) A woodpecker. Sherwood.

7807

Special

Spe″cial (?), a. [L. specialis, fr. species a particular sort, kind, or quality: cf. F. spécial. See Species, and cf. Especial.] 1. Of or pertaining to a species; constituting a...

7808

Special (2)

Spe″cial, n. 1. A particular. Hammond.2. One appointed for a special service or occasion.In special, specially; in particular. Chaucer.

7809

Specialism

Spe″cial‐ism (?), n. Devotion to a particular and restricted part or branch of knowledge, art, or science; as, medical specialism.

7810

Specialist

Spe″cial‐ist (?), n. One who devotes himself to some specialty; as, a medical specialist, one who devotes himself to diseases of particular parts of the body, as the eye, the ea...

7811

Speciality

Spe′ci‐al″i‐ty (?), n.; pl.Specialities (#). [See Special, and Specialty.] 1. A particular or peculiar case; a particularity. Sir M. Hale.2. (Law) See Specialty, 3.3. The specia...

7812

Specialization

Spe′cial‐i‐za″tion (?), n. 1. The act of specializing, or the state of being spezialized.2. (Biol.) The setting apart of a particular organ for the performance of a particular f...

7813

Specialize

Spe″cial‐ize (?), v. t. 1. To mention specially; to particularize.2. To apply to some specialty or limited object; to assign to a specific use; as, specialized knowledge.3. (Bio...

7814

Specially

Spe″cial‐ly, adv. 1. In a special manner; particularly; especially. Chaucer.2. For a particular purpose; as, a meeting of the legislature is specially summoned.

7815

Specialty

Spe″cial‐ty (?), n.; pl.Specialties (#). [F. spécialité. Cf. Speciality.] 1. Particularity.Specialty of rule hath been neglected. Shak.2. A particular or peculiar case.3. (Law) ...

7816

Specie

‖Spe″ci‐e (?), abl. of L. species sort, kind. Used in the phrase in specie, that is, in sort, in kind, in (its own) form.“ expects a return in specie from them” [i.e., kindness ...

7817

Specie (2)

Spe″cie (?), n. [Formed as a singular from species, in sense 5.] Coin; hard money.

7818

Species

Spe″cies (?), n. sing. & pl. [L., a sight, outward appearance, shape, form, a particular sort, kind, or quality, a species. See Spice, n., and cf. Specie, Special.] 1. Visible o...

7819

Specifiable

Spec″i‐fi′a‐ble (?), a. Admitting specification; capable of being specified.

7820

Specific

Spe‐cif″ic (spē̍‐sĭf″ĭk), a. [F. spécifique, or NL. spesificus; L. species a particular sort or kind + facere to make. Cf. Specify.] 1. Of or pertaining to a species; characteri...

7821

Specific (2)

Spe‐cif″ic, n. 1. (Med.) A specific remedy. See Specific, a., 3.His parents were weak enough to believe that the royal touch was a specific for this malady. Macaulay.2. Anything...

7822

Specifical

Spe‐cif″ic‐al (?), a. Specific. Bacon.

7823

Specifically

Spe‐cif″ic‐al‐ly (?), adv. In a specific manner.

7824

Specificalness

Spe‐cif″ic‐al‐ness, n. The quality of being specific.

7825

Specificate

Spe‐cif″i‐cate (–ĭ‐kāt), v. t. [See Specify.] To show, mark, or designate the species, or the distinguishing particulars of; to specify. ir M. Hale.

7826

Specification

Spec′i‐fi‐ca″tion (spĕs′ĭ‐fĭ‐kā″shŭn), n. [Cf. F. spécification, LL. specificatio.] 1. The act of specifying or determining by a mark or limit; notation of limits.This specifica...

7827

Specificness

Spe‐cif″ic‐ness (?), n. The quality or state of being specific.

7828

Specify

Spec″i‐fy (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Specified (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Specifying (?).] [F. spécifier, or OF. especifier, fr. LL. specificare. See Species, -fy.] To mention or name, as...

7829

Specillum

‖Spe‐cil″lum (?), n.(Med.) See Stylet, 2.

7830

Specimen

Spec″i‐men (?), n. [L., fr. specere to look, to behold. See Spy.] A part, or small portion, of anything, or one of a number of things, intended to exhibit the kind and quality o...