Specialty /(?)/

Spe·cial·ty

Specialty

n.

pl. Specialties

  1. Particularity.
    Specialty of rule hath been neglected.
  2. A particular or peculiar case. [Obs.]
  3. A contract or obligation under seal; a contract by deed; a writing, under seal, given as security for a debt particularly specified. (Law)
    Let specialties be therefore drawn between us.
  4. That for which a person is distinguished, in which he is specially versed, or which he makes an object of special attention; a speciality.
    Men of boundless knowledge, like Humbold, must have had once their specialty, their pet subject.