3. Exclusive possession or right. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.

Pe*cul"iar*ize (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pecularized (?); p. pr. & vb.

n. Pecularizing (?).] To make peculiar; to set appart or assign, as an

exclusive possession. [R.] Dr. John Smith.

Pe*cul"iar*ly, adv. In a peculiar manner; particulary; in a rare and

striking degree; unusually.

Pe*cul"iar*ness, n. The quality or state of being peculiar;

peculiarity. Mede.

||Pe*cu"li*um (?), n. [L. See Peculiar.] 1. (Rom. Law) The saving of a

||son or a slave with the father's or master's consent; a little

||property or stock of one's own; any exclusive personal or separate

||property. Burrill.

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