Branch

bransh, n. a shoot or arm-like limb of a tree: anything like a limb of a tree: any offshoot or subdivision, a section or department of a subject: any subordinate division of a busine , ., as a branch-bank or pawn-shop.— v.t. to divide into branches.— v.i. to spread out as a branch (with out , off , from ).— adj. Branched .— ns. Branch′er , a young hawk or other bird when it leaves the nest and begins to take to the branches; Branch′ery , branches collectively.— adjs. Branch′ing , furnished with or shooting out branches; Branch′le .— ns. Branch′let , a little branch; Branch′-pī′lot , one who holds the Trinity House certificate; Branch′-work , ornamental figured patterns.— adj. Branch′y .— Root and branch , thoroughly—used also adjectively, as in a 'root-and-branch' policy. [Fr. branche —Low L. branca , a beast's paw—L. brachium .]