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   Branch , n.; pl. Branches . [OE. braunche, F. branche, fr. LL. branca claw of a bird or beast of prey; cf. Armor. brank branch, bough.]
    (Bot.) A shoot or secondary stem growing from the main stem, or from a principal limb or bough of a tree or other plant.
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   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.
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   Most of the branches , or streams, were dried up.
   W. Irving.
   
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   Any member or part of a body or system; a distinct article; a section or subdivision; a department. “Branches of knowledge.”
   Prescott.
   
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   It is a branch and parcel of mine oath.
   Shak.
   
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   (Geom.) One of the portions of a curve that extends outwards to an indefinitely great distance; as, the branches of an hyperbola.
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   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.
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   His father, a younger branch of the ancient stock.
   Carew.
   
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   (Naut.) A warrant or commission given to a pilot, authorizing him to pilot vessels in certain waters.
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   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.
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   Syn. -- Bough; limb; shoot; offshoot; twig; sprig.
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   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, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Branched ; p. pr. & vb. n. Branching.]
   To shoot or spread in branches; to separate into branches; to ramify.
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   To divide into separate parts or subdivision.
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   To branch off, to form a branch or a separate part; to diverge. -- To branch out, 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.
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   To branch out into a long disputation.
   Spectator.
   
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   Branch, v. t.
   To divide as into branches; to make subordinate division in.
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   To adorn with needlework representing branches, flowers, or twigs.
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   The train whereof loose far behind her strayed,
   Branched with gold and pearl, most richly wrought.
   Spenser.
   
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