Branch chuck

( Mech. ) A chuck formed of four branches, turned up at the ends, and each furnished with a screw. George's co. Branch'ville, in New Jersey, a post-village of Su ex co., on an arm of the Paul in skill River, 77 m. N. of Trenton. Branch'ville, in S. Carolina , a twp. and post-village of Orange burg dist., 62 m. W.N.W. of Charleston, and 67 8. of Columbia, Branch'ville, in Virginia, a P. O. of Southampton co. Branch'y, a. Full of branches; having wide-spreading branches. Bran'co, an affluent of the Rio-Grande, Brazil. It rises in the Sierra Dura, Lat. 11° 25′ S., Lon. 40° 10 W.; flows in a S.E. course, and is navigable from its mouth to Tres-barres, a distance of about 40 m. - BRANCO R10, another river of Brazil, rises in the Parime Mountains, flows S. for 400 m., and joins the Rio Negro near Lat. 1o 20 S.