2 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Specialty \Spe"cial*ty\, n.; pl {Specialties}. [F.
sp['e]cialit['e]. Cf {Speciality}.]
1. Particularity.
Specialty of rule hath been neglected. --Shak.
2. A particular or peculiar case. [Obs.]
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.).
Let specialties be therefore drawn between us
--Shak.
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.
Men of boundless knowledge, like Humbold, must have
had once their specialty, their pet subject. --C.
Kingsley.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
specialty
n 1: an asset of special worth or utility; "cooking is his forte"
[syn: {forte}, {long suit}, {metier}, {speciality}, {strong
point}, {strength}] [ant: {weak point}]
2: a distinguishing trait [syn: {peculiarity}, {specialness}, {speciality},
{distinctiveness}]
3: the special line of work you have adopted as your career;
"his specialization is gastroenterology" [syn: {specialization},
{specialisation}, {speciality}, {specialism}]
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