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Specimen

Webster's Dictionary

(n.) A part, or small portion, of anything, or one of a number of things, intended to exhibit the kind and quality of the whole, or of what is not exhibited; a sample; as, a specimen of a man's handwriting; a specimen of painting; aspecimen of one's art.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Specimen'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​s/specimen.html. 1828.