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Webster 1913 Edition
Speciality
1.
A particular or peculiar case; a particularity.
Sir M. Hale.
3.
The special or peculiar mark or characteristic of a person or thing; that for which a person is specially distinguished; an object of special attention; a special occupation or object of attention; a specialty.
On these two general heads all other
specialities
are depedent. Hooker.
Strive, while improving your one talent, to enrich your whole capital as a man. It is in this way that you escape from the wretched narrow-mindedness which is the characteristic of every one who cultivates his
speciality
. Ld. Lytton.
We ’ll say, instead, the inconsequent creature man, -
For that'a his
For that'a his
speciality
. Mrs. Browning.
Think of this, sir, . . . remote from the impulses of passion, and apart from the
specialities
– if I may use that strong remark – of prejudice. Dickens.
4.
An attribute or quality peculiar to a species.