Specialties

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Specialty \Spe"cial*ty\, n.; pl. {Specialties}. [F.
     sp['e]cialit['e]. Cf. {Speciality}.]
     1. Particularity.
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              Specialty of rule hath been neglected. --Shak.


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     2. A particular or peculiar case. [Obs.]
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     3. (Law) A contract or obligation under seal; a contract by
        deed; a writing, under seal, given as security for a debt
        particularly specified. --Chitty. --Bouvier. --Wharton
        (Law Dict.).
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              Let specialties be therefore drawn between us.
                                                    --Shak.
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     4. That for which a person is distinguished, in which he is
        specially versed, or which he makes an object of special
        attention; a speciality.
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              Men of boundless knowledge, like Humbold, must have
              had once their specialty, their pet subject. --C.
                                                    Kingsley.
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