or TENDRILS. See CIRRHUS.

CLASS, an appellation given to the most general subdivisions of any thing; thus, animal is subdivided into into the classes quadrupeds, birds, fishes, &c. which are again subdivided into serieses or orders; and these last into genera. See Botany.

Class, is also used in schools, in a synonymous sense with form, for a number of boys all learning the same thing.