specialtyn.
/ˈspɛʃlti/, U.S. /ˈspɛʃ(ə)lti/ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > the quality of being specific > [noun] > quality of being specific or detailed
specialty1384
circumstance1393
punctuality1620
punctualness1620
specializing1633
particularity1638
detailedness1842
specificality1858
detailism1865
1384–5 Acts Parl. Scotl. (1844) I. 349/1 The forsayd lordes are acordit in specialte as efter folowes.
?c1430 (?1382) J. Wyclif Sel. Eng. Wks. (1871) III. 513 (MED) But, to discende doun in specialte, fful mane articlis of reulis of siche sectes ben openly contrarie to þe apostlis reule.
c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 130 The othere bokis..schewen the same in specialte.
1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection i. sig. Ciii After that we shall entre in a more specialty..the holy lyfe of religion.
1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. iv. f. 47 Before that we beginne to discourse of euery one of these in specialtie.
1577 J. Knewstub Confut. Heresies (1579) 5 He hath dealt wisely, to leaue the other chapters without anie specialtie.
a. Special affection, attachment, or friendship; partiality, special favour. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > love > affection > [noun] > attachment > special affection, attachment, or favour
specialtyc1390
the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > kindness > [noun] > graciousness > favour or grace
thankOE
gracec1300
specialtyc1390
favourc1400
yonste1481
benediction1483
gratitude?a1513
aggrace1590
c1390 in F. J. Furnivall Minor Poems Vernon MS (1901) ii. 527 Drauȝ vppon þe no specialte Of Mon þat is of gret dignite.
?a1400 (a1338) R. Mannyng Chron. (Petyt) (1996) i. 5234 For grete luf & specialte, he toke with him sir Androche.
1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) vii. 246 Quhat is he That garris ȝow haue sic specialte Till men that traualis?
a1500 (c1425) Andrew of Wyntoun Oryg. Cron. Scotl. (Nero) viii. l. 7040 For þar was richt gret specialte Betweyn hym ande þe Kynge Edwart.
b. for (also in) specialty: out of regard for; as a special mark of favour, esteem, or affection. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > out of regard for [phrase] > as a mark of esteem
for (also in) specialtya1400
a1400 (c1303) R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne (Harl.) l. 9725 (MED) Þys man bysoghte, for specyalte, Þat hys god-doȝtyr wyþ hym myȝt be.
?a1425 (c1400) Mandeville's Trav. (Titus C.xvi) (1919) 8 Þat was ȝouen to me for gret specyaltee.
c1450 (c1400) Emaré (1908) l. 176 (MED) For gret loue he ȝaf hyt me, I brynge hyt þe in specyalte.
a. A thing specially belonging or attached to one person; a special possession, distinction, or favour. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > quality of being special or restricted in application > [noun] > quality of being particular or not general > quality of being personal > a special possession or distinction
specialtya1425
peculiar1589
patent1600
a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Exod. xix. 5 If ȝe schulen here my vois..ȝe schulen be to me in to a specialte [L. peculium] of alle puplis.
c1450 J. Capgrave Life St. Augustine (1910) 46 (MED) I wil þat no man ȝyue to me so precious cloþis whech þat I, as of a specialte a-boue oþir, schuld wer.
1493 Chastysing Goddes Chyldern (de Worde) x. sig. Bvv/2 Some..desire..myracles, or vysions or of reuelacions, or some other specyalte.
1623 Bp. J. Hall Contempl. VII. O.T. xix. 383 Not without some specialty from God doth Elijah follow the camp.
b. of (also with) a specialty: especially, particularly. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > quality of being special or extraordinary > especially or particularly [phrase]
hure and hurea1175
in special1389
in especialc1390
in speciallyc1450
with (also by, in, of) specialtyc1450
in particular1502
in speciality1543
in peculiar1607
of (also with) a specialty1686
1686 J. Goad Astro-meteorologica i. xviii. 118 The Wind may Change we know, every Hour, but with a Specialty upon the Hour of the Suns leaving us.
1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian x, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. IV. 214 Lady Robertland, whilk got sic sure outgates of grace..in times past; and of a specialty, Mr. John Scrimgeour, minister of Kinghorn.
4. † d. The quality of being limited, directed, or determined by special cases or circumstances. Obsolete.
a. A special or distinctive quality, property, characteristic, or feature; a peculiarity. Now rare.
ΘΚΠ
the world > existence and causation > existence > intrinsicality or inherence > [noun] > a characteristic
privilegec1225
distinctionc1374
propertyc1390
tachea1400
pointa1425
specialty?a1425
difference?c1425
conditionc1460
markc1522
touch1528
specialty1532
differentia1551
character?1569
formality1570
particularity1585
peculiar1589
accent1591
appropriation1600
characterism1603
peculiarity1606
resemblance1622
propera1626
speciality1625
specificationa1631
appropriament1633
characteristic1646
discrimination1646
diagnostic1651
characteristical1660
stroke1666
talent1670
physiognomya1680
oddity1713
distinctive1816
spécialité1836
trait1864
flavour1866
middle name1905
discriminant1920
discriminator1943
?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 69v Wondez of þe heued..haþ many specialteez [L. specialitates] & differencez fro wondez of oþer membres.
1610 W. Sclater Threefold Preseruatiue sig. E4 A specialty in it belongs to them, that labour in the word and doctrine.
a1627 W. Sclater 3 Serm. (1629) 36 Yet who..is not readie to conceit some singular specialtie in their degree and measure of sinning.
1744 A. Monro Ess. Compar. Anat. 109 We go on to consider the specialties in the Viscera of each Kind.
1838 W. Bell Dict. Law Scotl. 849 There were specialties, however, in the case.
1846 G. Grote Hist. Greece II. ii. v. 453 The Laconian dialect contained more specialties of its own than any other variety of the Dorian.
1886 J. Ruskin Præterita II. viii. 265 The house itself had no specialty, either of comfort or inconvenience, to endear it.
1913 Sc. Hist. Rev. 10 410 Such specialties [in English witchcraft] must have been few: was thatch-burning one?
b. With the: the special or distinctive quality, property, characteristic, or feature (of a particular thing or class). Now rare.
ΘΚΠ
the world > existence and causation > existence > intrinsicality or inherence > [noun] > a characteristic
privilegec1225
distinctionc1374
propertyc1390
tachea1400
pointa1425
specialty?a1425
difference?c1425
conditionc1460
markc1522
touch1528
specialty1532
differentia1551
character?1569
formality1570
particularity1585
peculiar1589
accent1591
appropriation1600
characterism1603
peculiarity1606
resemblance1622
propera1626
speciality1625
specificationa1631
appropriament1633
characteristic1646
discrimination1646
diagnostic1651
characteristical1660
stroke1666
talent1670
physiognomya1680
oddity1713
distinctive1816
spécialité1836
trait1864
flavour1866
middle name1905
discriminant1920
discriminator1943
the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > quality of being special or restricted in application > [noun]
specialityc1485
specialness1530
specialty1532
specialty1598
1532 T. More Confut. Tyndales Answere iii. p. clxxxv Fyrst thys worde that, putteth Tyndale for the artycle the... For it is no dowte but that it is here put for to sygnyfye the specyaltye of the thynge.
?1578 W. Patten Let. Entertainm. Killingwoorth 31 Whear the specialty of the sport waz, to see: how sum for hiz slakness had a good bob with the bag.
1609 W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida i. iii. 77 The specialtie of rule hath beene neglected. View more context for this quotation
a1641 R. Montagu Acts & Monuments (1642) 32 All shall bee then taught by God, which once was the specialty of Prophets.
1774 T. Pownall Admin. Brit. Colonies (ed. 5) I. vi. 201 The specialty of all bargains and contracts.
1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. I. iv. iv. 207 A man living in falsehood, and on falsehood; yet not what you can call a false man: there is the specialty.
1861 C. Dickens Great Expectations III. xii. 181 The specialty of the occasion caused our talk to be less dry and hard.
1920 Classical Jrnl. 15 507 The specialty of the Belmonte tombs..is the pendants—pendants of bronze, iron, amber, or ivory.
c. The quality of being special or distinctive; special or distinctive character. Now rare.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > quality of being special or restricted in application > [noun]
specialityc1485
specialness1530
specialty1532
specialty1598
1598 J. Marston Scourge of Villanie i. iv. sig. D3 If he were once but freed from specialtie.
1848 P. J. Bailey Festus (ed. 3) Proem p. x Of Him who..one human heart With equal power and specialty inspires.
1890 W. Whitman in Critic (N.Y.) 16 Aug. 85/2 I have conceiv'd and launch'd, and work'd for years at, my ‘Leaves of Grass’—personal emanations only at best, but with specialty of emergence and background.
1913 Sc. Hist. Rev. 10 410 We should also have been glad to learn what specialty there was in English witchcraft not common to the cult in Europe.
ΘΚΠ
the world > existence and causation > existence > state or condition > circumstance or circumstances > [noun] > quality of being determined by circumstances
specialty1619
the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > quality of being special or restricted in application > [noun] > by special cases or circumstances
specialty1619
1619 W. Sclater Expos. 1 Thess. 64 Such the specialtie of Gods fauour in the distribution.
1626 Bp. J. Hall Contempl. VIII. O.T. xx. 31 Looke how much more specialty there is in the charge of God, so much more danger is in the violation.
a1680 J. Corbet Humble Endeavour (1683) iii. xxxvii. 55 There is always a specialty of Grace towards the Elect.
1769 J. Gill Body Doctrinal Divinity II. iii. viii. 802 These being the objects of justification, shew the..specialty of it [sc. election], since the elect are a special and peculiar people.
a1873 S. Wilberforce Speeches on Missions (1874) 186 One..who is beckoning me by the specialty of my position to take up..the work which he so nobly began.
1874 T. C. Finlayson Divine Gentleness iv. 80 Any special duty..tends, by its very specialty, to brace us for the doing of it.
e. Special or specialized knowledge; tendency to specialism or specialization, esp. in scholarly pursuits. Now somewhat rare.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > quality of being special or restricted in application > [noun] > action or process of becoming specialized
specialization1841
specialty1863
1863 National Rev. Apr. 498 Sir George Lewis..[had] the most complete education perhaps of any man of his time. He did not believe in what has been called specialty.
1868 M. Pattison Suggestions Acad. Organisation v. 158 An electoral body which shall be competent to look out for and select true eminence in specialty.
1869 Ann. Rep. Commissioner Agric. 1868 141 in U.S. Congress. Serial Set (40th Congr., 3rd Sess.: House of Representatives Executive Doc.) XV The favorite charge against the academies is their ‘one-sidedness’ or specialty.
1910 Bee-Keeper's Rev. May 147/2 My contention is that the highest success can be looked for only in specialty, let the pursuit be what it may.
2001 S. Fuchs Against Essentialism ii. 89 Specialty is a science's way to deal with bounded rationality.
5. † b. figurative. Any bond or obligation; a solemn promise or undertaking. Obsolete.
a. Law. A contract under seal; = speciality n. 3a, especialty n. 2.
ΘΚΠ
society > law > legal obligation > contract > [noun] > written contract or text of > special
specialtyc1436
especialty1576
speciality1607
c1436 Domesday Ipswich (BL Add. 25011) in T. Twiss Black Bk. Admiralty (1873) II. 161 With oute havyng ony reward to ony specialtee that he hath maad with ynne age.
1482 in Cal. Proc. Chancery Queen Elizabeth (1830) II. p. lxiii (MED) Your besecher can have noo remedy by..lawe, for asmoche as he hath noo specialte in writyng.
1528 in T. Wright Three Chapters Lett. Suppression Monasteries (1843) 3 Certen munimentes, evidencez, and specialties, tochinge and apperteynynge unto our monastery.
1594 W. West Symbolæogr.: 2nd Pt. ii. Chancerie §120 He neither tooke any specialtie or securitie of him,..nor provided any witnesses to be present.
1621 in Hist. MSS Comm.: 10th Rep. App. Pt. V (1885) 470 in Parl. Papers 1884–5 (C. 4576–I) XLII. 1 Those persons whoe have neglected to produce theire said evidences, grauntes, and specialties, to bee looked into by the Maior.
1661 J. Howell Twelve Several Treat. 238 There's no legall Instrument, no Bond, Bill, or Specialty can be writ but upon his seal'd paper.
1768 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. III. 154 Where the debt arises upon a specialty, that is, upon a deed or instrument under seal.
1781 M. Madan Thelyphthora III. 309 Marriage-settlements, mortgage-deeds, and specialties of various kinds.
1856 H. Broom Comm. Common Law ii. i. 274 A specialty..is distinguished from a simple contract in writing by certain solemnities attendant on its execution—viz. by sealing and delivery.
1883 H. G. Wood Limitation of Actions 64 All instruments under seal of record, and liabilities imposed by statute, are specialties within the meaning of the Stat. 21 James I.
1920 S. Williston Law of Contracts I. xv. §466. 892 The specialty itself gave rise to the debt.
2008 K. Barrett Defective Constr. Work xiii. 128 Claims are not barred for six years under simple contracts and twelve years under specialties.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > speech > agreement > promise > [noun] > bond or covenant
bond1330
covenant1377
forthwarda1400
handbanda1400
banda1440
specialty1606
sacrament1679
1606 S. Daniel Queenes Arcadia ii. iii. sig. D3v I..had secur'd her of my constant truth, Vnder so many faithfull specialties.
1650 T. Fuller Pisgah-sight of Palestine iii. 436 But can an Acquittance of humane tradition, be valid, against a debt of Specialty by Gods command?
1651 T. Fuller Abel Redevivus 447 She was bound by the specialty both of nature and grace to provide for her children.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > qualification > [noun] > reservation, proviso > making particular condition
clausec1374
specialty1444
provision1450
provise1476
1444–5 Plea & Mem. Rolls London Guildhall No. A. 71. m. 7 (MED) Which holy belongith to the same william in lyke maner & fourme as it is nowe edified lasse than ony of the seid partyes can shewe ony euydence or specialte the contrarie.
a1450 Forest Laws in W. A. Baillie-Grohman & F. Baillie-Grohman Master of Game (1904) 241 (MED) If thei haue ony specialte of a certeyn nombre of swyn to go in the forest, ye shul do vs to wete whether thei be rynged or no.
1636 R. Boyle Diary in Lismore Papers (1886) 1st Ser. IV. 199 There is an Indented receipt..wherin all the particuler specielties ar expressed.
7. A special, particular, or individual point, matter, or item. Frequently in plural: particulars, details. Now rare.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > the quality of being specific > [noun] > quality of being specific or detailed > a detail or particular
circumstances?c1225
parcela1325
partya1393
specialc1405
particular?a1425
partc1425
specialityc1443
specialty1449
especialityc1460
particularity1528
respect1533
severals1606
especial1633
particularment1642
retail1644
instance1649
circumstantiality1854
1449–50 Rolls of Parl.: Henry VI (Electronic ed.) Parl. Nov. 1449 §53. m. 14 The joyntour of the office of forein apposer is comprisid under this generaltee, with the specialte above rehersed.
1483 ( tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage of Soul (Caxton) iv. xxxv. f. lxxxiii Iustyces of the countrees, somme for pees, some for other specialte..owen to see the gouernaunce of the Countre.
1502 C. Somerset & W. Warham Let. 17 May in J. Gairdner Lett. Reigns of Richard III & Henry VII (1863) II. 108 No specialties of our communicacions, but only the generalties.
?1550 J. Bale Apol. agaynste Papyst 32 God commaunded certen specyaltees to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.
1588 J. Harvey Discoursiue Probl. conc. Prophesies 64 What should I argue the case any farther,..or heape vp more particularities, and specialties, which are so infinitely innumerable?
a1620 M. Fotherby Atheomastix (1622) ii. xiii. §3. 352 By all which specialties, this Conclusion is proued.
a1641 R. Montagu Acts & Monuments (1642) 418 The Sect of the Pharisees tendered and recommended..to the people many specialties..to bee observed.
1778 Scots Mag. Jan. 49/2 Some of the members expressed a pretty warm and spirited indignation..as to the specialties of the scheme for the Edinburgh regiment.
a1834 S. T. Coleridge Lit. Remains (1838) III. 21 Judgment, solid sense, invention in specialties,..in these we can shew giants.
1858 T. Carlyle Sartor Resartus (new ed.) ii. viii. 111 Amid these specialties, let us not forget the great generality.
1925 Sc. Hist. Rev. 22 277 He..does not devote himself to the specialties of Roman legal administration, but he picks out the leading divisions of the subject [etc.].
8.
a. A special aptitude, skill, occupation, or line of business; a particular activity or interest to which one devotes oneself; = speciality n. 5a.
ΘΚΠ
society > trade and finance > merchandise > article(s) to be sold > [noun] > stock > types of
specialty1852
open stock1890
1852 Morning Post 8 Apr. 6/2 To place before the student fine examples of what has already been accomplished in the specialty in which he seeks to be proficient.
1860 Sat. Rev. 10 737/2 Mr. Lovell Reeve..has a specialty—to use a neologism of the day. It is to illustrate books with stereographs.
1881 Aberdeen Jrnl. 13 June 3/6 Webb, whose specialty was always considered to be endurance, has made wonderful improvement in pace.
1915 Boston Daily Globe 19 Dec. 37/2 There are thieves whose specialty is robbing women.
1970 T. Southern Blue Movie iii. iv. 157 She continued to be used at her specialty—beach and surfing movies.
2012 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 20 July b16/2 Time trials happen to be his specialty. ‘I'm not a true mountain climber... I'm a time trialer who can climb.’
b. A special subject of study or research; the branch of scholarly, scientific, or professional work in which one is a specialist; spec. the branch of medicine or surgery in which a physician practices; = speciality n. 5b.
ΘΚΠ
society > education > learning > study > subject or object of study > [noun] > a specialty
speciality1839
specialism1850
specialty1853
subspeciality1855
subspecialty1873
1853 N.-Y. Daily Times 22 Nov. 4/2 It is not enough that he [sc. a physician] should avoid the appearance of feeling particularly at home in any specialty.
1861 Sat. Rev. 7 Dec. 591 Mr. Aris Willmott's specialty (to use a very current piece of slang) is with the sacred poets.
1873 J. Morley Rousseau I. 150 There is a constant tendency on the part of energetic intellectual workers..to concentrate their energies on a minute specialty.
1883 M. Pattison Mem. (1885) 70 He had selected as his specialty currency and finance.
1925 F. J. Reynolds Marvels of 1924 24 The specialty of Dr. Robert A. Millikan..is atomic physics and he has done as much as any other American in this branch.
1961 Lancet 26 Aug. 497/1 He was..a little bit impatient with the fussy over-classification that was coming into vogue in his specialty.
2009 T. Heller On becoming Doctor viii. 95 Specialties such as surgery and anesthesiology are still dominated by male physicians.
c. A product or service, esp. an item of food, specially characteristic of, or produced or sold by, a particular person, firm, place, etc.; = speciality n. 5c.
ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > [noun] > dish > speciality dish
spécialité1836
specialty1855
plat du jour1890
spécialité de la maison1890
1855 N.-Y. Daily Times 16 Mar. 2/2 This [sc. straw braid] is a specialty of the place, and we all bought freely.
1868 Handbk. Travellers Russia, Poland & Finland (rev. ed.) 54 Pojarskie kotlety, cutlets of chicken a la Pojarski, the patriot. Very good. Veal cutlets are also a specialty of Moscow.
1873 C. G. Leland Egyptian Sketch-bk. 246 His specialty was inlaid-work of mother-of-pearl and ebony in little diamonds, squares, and triangles.
1923 Assoc. Stationers' Supply Company Catal. 179/3 We make a specialty of strawboard mailing tubes.
1979 L. Ultan Beautiful Bronx 38 There..she could cook her specialties, whether it was corned beef and cabbage, spaghetti al dente, or latkes.
2012 Vanity Fair May 103/2 Wines from nearby Beaujolais pair well with the Lyonnais specialty Cervelle de canut.
Phrases
P1. with (also †by, †in, †of) specialty: in a special or particular manner; to a special degree; especially, particularly. Now rare. [Compare Anglo-Norman par especialté (late 13th cent. or earlier), en especialté (early 14th cent. or earlier).]
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > quality of being special or extraordinary > especially or particularly [phrase]
hure and hurea1175
in special1389
in especialc1390
in speciallyc1450
with (also by, in, of) specialtyc1450
in particular1502
in speciality1543
in peculiar1607
of (also with) a specialty1686
c1450 J. Capgrave Life St. Augustine (1910) 32 O þing I pray ȝou of specialte.
1576 A. Fleming tr. C. Plinius Novocomensis in Panoplie Epist. 253 Hee sheweth also, by specialtie, wherein it is good to bee exercised.
1650 W. Brough Sacred Princ. 284 The Body, for which (with specialty) He gave His Blood.
1711 in Hist. MSS Comm.: 10th Rep.: App. Pt. V: MSS Marquis of Ormonde &c. (1885) 122 in Parl. Papers 1884–5 (C. 4576–I) XLII. 1 The episcopal Protestants in specialty triumph the most.
1822 W. Scott Fortunes of Nigel I. iii. 65 I cannot see..why all his subjects, and your honour in specialty, should not have satisfaction by his hands.
1866 H. Bushnell Vicarious Sacrifice i. ii. 65 Taking them as clients in specialty.
1908 Affairs of Mexican Kickapoo Indians (Hearing before U.S. Senate Subcomm. Indian Affairs, 60th Congr., 1st Sess.) III. 2208 As he has stated with specialty, he took care to make them know the contents of the documents.
P2.
specialty of the house n. [after French spécialité de la maison spécialité de la maison n.] chiefly U.S. a speciality of an establishment, spec. a dish or type of food which a restaurant considers its speciality or one for which it is particularly noted; = speciality of the house n. at speciality n. Phrases 2.
ΚΠ
1868 Constitution (Atlanta, Georgia) 9 Dec. (advt.) The prescription department, a specialty of the House, is in charge of Messrs. Daniel and Walker.
1883 Chicago's First Half Cent. iii. 53/1 Music is the specialty of the house, all the important light opera companies of the country having bookings here.
1938 Dallas Morning News 25 Feb. i. 10 Some of my Chicago friends..ordered the specialty of the house, stuffed breast of chicken.
1991 Sun Herald (Sydney) (Nexis) 17 Feb. (Late ed.) 114 Seafood is the specialty of the house, with fish, calamari, seafood baskets and prawns on the menu.
2005 E. Sullivan Majority Rules viii. 126 The specialty of the house—a tender New York-style beef brisket on a kaiser roll.
Compounds
C1. attributive. In sense 5a, as specialty contract, specialty creditor, specialty debt.
ΚΠ
1737 Benjamin Weale in his own Right 1 The Plaintiffs might be Decreed to stand in the Place of the Specialty Creditors.
1743 Act for vesting Divers Manors 4 The Bond..his Lordship declared to be one of the Specialty-debts.
1818 W. Cruise Digest Laws Eng. Real Prop. (ed. 2) II. 176 Legatees are entitled to stand in the place of specialty creditors.
1875 K. E. Digby Introd. Hist. Law Real Prop. v. 209 Debts..secured by deed (called specialty debts).
1937 Mich. Law Rev. 35 1112 A surety who paid before the insolvency of his co-surety was given the preferred status of the creditor, as a specialty creditor.
2001 Daily Rec. (Baltimore, Maryland) (Nexis) 7 June A 12-year statute of limitations applied because the lease was under seal and, therefore, a specialty contract.
C2. attributive. Business. Designating a product or service sold to meet specialized tastes or needs, or a producer or retailer of such items; = speciality n. Compounds 2a.
ΚΠ
1865 A. D. Munson Lyrics of Trade for Christmas & New Year's Holidays 65 Bear in mind, for all linens the best place to trade is, This specialty store.
1918 Printers' Ink 19 Dec. 136/1 In dry goods he runs mostly to the manufactured specialty lines.
1968 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 17 Feb. B4 Roblin Steel Corp..., maker of specialty steel forgings and castings.., plans to buy privately owned Washburn Co., maker of specialty household products.
2009 Vanity Fair Aug. 69/2 Others collected opera albums, searching out European imports from specialty shops.
C3. attributive. Theatre. Designating a performer or performance of an unusual or specialized character; = speciality n. Compounds 2b.
ΚΠ
1873 World (N.Y.) 19 Feb. 6/2 (advt.) Brilliant array of specialty artists.
1888 G. O. Seilhamer Hist. Amer. Theatre II. 118 Dr. Bayley, a specialty performer..gave entertainments in this country as early as 1752.
1901 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 3 Nov. 12/3 These expensive attractions in conjunction with a big specialty company of no mean pretensions will go to make up an excellent show.
1919 F. Hurst Humoresque 300 The Moncrieff Follies—twenty-four of them, not counting two specialty acts and a pair of whistling Pierrots—burst forth into frolic.
1961 W. P. Bowman & R. H. Ball Theatre Lang. 338 Specialty number, a song not intended to be fully integrated with the rest of the entertainment—Musical comedy.
2013 Hill Shire Times (Austral.) (Nexis) 27 Aug. 56 A Night in Vegas will showcase a range of performers including singers, dancing girls, magicians and other specialty acts.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
<
n.1384- jim crow hat
- jim crow law
- jim crow line
- jim crow school
- jim crow song
- jim crow town
- jim crow's nose
- jim crowed
- jim crowing
- jim crowism
- jim crows
- jim johnson
- jim-crow
- jim-crow planing-machine
- jim-dandy
- jim-hickey
- jim-jam
- jimber-jaw
- jimber-jawed
- jimberjaw
- jimberjawed
- jimcrow
- jimcrow planingmachine
- jimdandies
- jimdandy