Part 1346

<cs><col>Branches of a bridle</col>, <cd>two pieces of bent iron, which bear the bit, the cross chains, and the curb.</cd> -- <col>Branch herring</col>. <cd>See <er>Alewife</er>.</cd> -- <col>Root and branch</col> , <cd>totally, wholly.</cd></cs>

<syn>Syn. -- Bough; limb; shoot; offshoot; twig; sprig.</syn>

<h1>Branch</h1> <Xpage=175>

<hw>Branch</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Diverging from, or tributary to, a main stock, line, way, theme, etc.; <as>as, a <ex>branch</ex> vein; a <ex>branch</ex> road or line; a <ex>branch</ex> topic; a <ex>branch</ex> store.</as></def>

<h1>Branch</h1> <Xpage=175>

<hw>Branch</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Branched</er> <tt>(#)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Branching</er>.]</wordforms> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To shoot or spread in branches; to separate into branches; to ramify.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To divide into separate parts or subdivision.</def>

<cs><col>To branch off</col>, <cd>to form a branch or a separate part; to diverge.</cd> -- <col>To branch out</col>, <cd>to speak diffusively; to extend one's discourse to other topics than the main one; also, to enlarge the scope of one's business, etc.</cd></cs>

<blockquote>To <b>branch out</b> into a long disputation. <i>Spectator.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Branch</h1> <Xpage=175>

<hw>Branch</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To divide as into branches; to make subordinate division in.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To adorn with needlework representing branches, flowers, or twigs.</def>

<blockquote>The train whereof loose far behind her strayed, <b>Branched</b> with gold and pearl, most richly wrought. <i>Spenser.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Brancher</h1> <Xpage=175>

<hw>Branch"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>That which shoots forth branches; one who shows growth in various directions.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Falconry)</fld> <def>A young hawk when it begins to leave the nest and take to the branches.</def>

<h1>Branchery</h1> <Xpage=175>

<hw>Branch"er*y</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A system of branches.</def>

<h1>Branchia</h1> <Xpage=175>

<hw>Bran"chi*a</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Branchi\'91</plw> <tt>(#)</tt>.</plu> <ety>[L., fr. Gr. <?/, pl. of <?/.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>A gill; a respiratory organ for breathing the air contained in water, such as many aquatic and semiaquatic animals have.</def>

<h1>Branchial</h1> <Xpage=175>

<hw>Bran"chi*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to branchi\'91 or gills.</def>

<cs><col>Branchial arches</col>, <cd>the bony or cartilaginous arches which support the gills on each side of the throat of fishes and amphibians. See <i>Illustration<i> in Appendix.</cd> -- <col>Branchial clefts</col>, <cd>the openings between the branchial arches through which water passes.</cd></cs>

<h1>Branchiate</h1> <Xpage=175>

<hw>Bran"chi*ate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Furnished with branchi\'91; <as>as, <ex>branchiate</ex> segments</as>.</def>

<h1>Branchiferous</h1> <Xpage=175>

<hw>Bran*chif"er*ous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Having gills; branchiate; <as><as>as, <ex>branchiferous</ex> gastropods</as></as>.</def>

<h1>Branchiness</h1> <Xpage=175>