division (the foll. are technical senses)
1.
in
music, execution of a rapid passage of melody, esp.
one consisting of florid phrases or runs
1H4 III. i. 210
“ditties . . . Sung . .
. With ravishing , to her
lute,”
Rom. III. v. 29
“the lark makes sweet
”
; (hence fig.) variation, modulation
Mac. IV. iii. 96
“abound In the of each
several crime, Acting it many
ways.”
2.
definite portion of a
battalion or squadron
2H4 I. iii. 70
“his d-s . . . Are in
three heads”
; cf.
Oth. I. i. 23
“the division of a
battle.”
