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BRANCH (from the Fr. branche, late Lat. branca, an animal's paw)

This article appears in Volume V04, Page 419 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: BOS-BRI
BRANCH (from the Fr. branche, late Lat. branca, an animal's paw) , a
limb
  of a tree; hence any offshoot, e.g. of a river, railway, &c., of a
deer
 's antlers, of a family or genealogical tree, and generally a subdivision or department, as in " a branch of learning." The phrase, to destroy " root and branch," meaning to destroy utterly, taken originally from Malachi iv. 1, was made famous in 1641 by the so-called " Root and Branch "
Bill
  and
Petition
  for the abolition of episcopal government, in which
petition
  occurred the sentence, " That the said government, with all its dependencies, roots and branches, be destroyed." Among technical senses of the word "branch" are: the certificate of proficiency given to pilots by Trinity
House
 ; and in siege-craft a length of
trench
  forming
part
  of a zigzag approach.


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