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Verse :: Verse (n.) A short division of any composition.

Cambrian :: Cambrian (a.) Of or pertaining to the lowest subdivision of the rocks of the Silurian or Molluscan age; -- sometimes described as inferior to the Silurian. It is named from its development in Cambria or Wales. See the Diagram under Geology.

Dichotomy :: Dichotomy (n.) Division or distribution of genera into two species; division into two subordinate parts.

Trithing :: Trithing (n.) One of three ancient divisions of a county in England; -- now called riding.

Century :: Century (n.) A division of the Roman people formed according to their property, for the purpose of voting for civil officers..

Canterbury :: Canterbury (n.) A stand with divisions in it for holding music, loose papers, etc..

Hypostasis :: Hypostasis (n.) Substance; subsistence; essence; person; personality; -- used by the early theologians to denote any one of the three subdivisions of the Godhead, the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit..

Ovipara :: Ovipara (n. pl.) An artifical division of vertebrates, including those that lay eggs; -- opposed to Vivipara..

Divisionor :: Divisionor (n.) One who divides or makes division.

Placophora :: Placophora (n. pl.) A division of gastropod Mollusca, including the chitons. The back is covered by eight shelly plates. Called also Polyplacophora. See Illust. under Chiton, and Isopleura..

Annelida :: Annelida (n. pl.) A division of the Articulata, having the body formed of numerous rings or annular segments, and without jointed legs. The principal subdivisions are the Chaetopoda, including the Oligochaeta or earthworms and Polychaeta or marine worms; and the Hirudinea or leeches. See Chaetopoda..

Urocerata :: Urocerata (n. pl.) A division of boring Hymenoptera, including Tremex and allied genera. See Illust. of Horntail..

Quarter :: Quarter (v. t.) A division of a town, city, or county; a particular district; a locality; as, the Latin quarter in Paris..

Quadrumana :: Quadrumana (n. pl.) A division of the Primates comprising the apes and monkeys; -- so called because the hind foot is usually prehensile, and the great toe opposable somewhat like a thumb. Formerly the Quadrumana were considered an order distinct from the Bimana, which last included man alone..

Lacinia :: Lacinia (n.) One of the narrow, jagged, irregular pieces or divisions which form a sort of fringe on the borders of the petals of some flowers..

Shed :: Shed (n.) A parting; a separation; a division.

Hamilton Period :: Hamilton period () A subdivision of the Devonian system of America; -- so named from Hamilton, Madison Co., New York. It includes the Marcellus, Hamilton, and Genesee epochs or groups. See the Chart of Geology..

Horometry :: Horometry (n.) The art, practice, or method of measuring time by hours and subordinate divisions..

Canticle :: Canticle (n.) A canto or division of a poe.

Division :: Division (n.) The separation of a genus into its constituent species.

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