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R. Carew, Survey of Cornwall. (d) In geom., any portion of a real curve capable of description by the continuous motion of a point. Every branch either extends to infinity or returns into itself ( reëntrant branch); but some old geometers considered a branch to be ended by a cusp. (e) A piece of pipe including a length of the main pipe and a shorter piece branching from it. When the latter is at right angles to the former, the branch is a T - branch ; if at an acute angle, it is a Y - branch . branch. (f) The metal piece on the end of the hose of a fire-engine to which the nozle is screwed. (9) One of the sides of a horseshoe. (h) In fort ., the wing or long side of a horn or crown-work; also, one of the parts of a zigzag approach. (1) In a sword-hilt, either of two pieces which project at right angles to the barrel and to the blade of the sword, forming guards for the hand. See If there are two branching pieces, it is called a double IMG:content-2426.png:[blocks in formation] 3. In the southern and some of the western United States, the general name for any stream that is not a large river or a bayou.