detail (detal)

[ divide, cf. dettagliare, after F., detail, cut up, retail, narrate in particulars), We spend the first five minutes in a detail of symptoms. Kane, Sec. Grinn. Exp., II. 93. 4. Milit., the selection of an individual or a body of troops for a particular service; the person or persons so selected; a detachment. The force so organized will constitute the guard of the line from Duck port to Milliken's Bend. They will furnish all the guards and details required for general hospitals. U. S. Grant, Personal Memoirs, I. 470. Details of a plan, in arch . , drawings or delineations for the use of workmen. Otherwise called working -drawings. - In detail. (a) Circumstantially; item by item. I was unable to treat this part of my subject more in detail without becoming dry and tedious. Pope . (b) Individually; part by part. "Concentrate your own force, divide that of your enemy, and overwhelm him in detail," is the great principle of military action. Mac doug all, Modern Warfare, iii. Office of detail, in the United States Navy Department, the office where the roster of officers is kept, and from which orders to officers regarding their duty, leaves of absence, etc., are i ued. =Syn. 3. Relation, recital.-4. Squad. detailed (dē-tāld'), p. a. [ A detailed examination. A detailed picture of the inhabitants of the largest Arab city. E. W. Lane, Modern Egyptians, Pref., p. iv. detailer (dē-tā'ler), n. One who details. Individuality was sunk in the number of detailers . Seward , Letters, VI. 135.