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  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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