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See also:BRANCH (from the Fr. branche, See also:late See also:Lat. branca, an See also:animal's paw) , a See also:limb of a See also:tree; hence any offshoot, e.g. of a See also:river, railway, &c., of a See also:deer's antlers, of a See also:family or genealogical tree, and generally a subdivision or See also:department, as in " a See also:branch of learning." The phrase, to destroy " See also:root and branch," meaning to destroy utterly, taken originally from See also:Malachi iv . 1, was made famous in 1641 by the so-called " Root and Branch " See also:Bill and See also:Petition for the abolition of episcopal See also:government, in which petition occurred the See also: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 See also:House; and in See also:siege-See also:craft a length of See also:trench forming See also:part of a zigzag approach . |
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