Definition: specialty

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Source: WordNet (r) 1.7 

specialty
     n 1: an asset of special worth or utility; "cooking is his forte"
          [syn: forte, strong suit, long suit, metier, speciality,
           strong point, strength] [ant: weak point]
     2: a distinguishing trait [syn: peculiarity, specialness, speciality,
         distinctiveness]
     3: the special line of work you have adopted as your career;
        "his specialization is gastroenterology" [syn: specialization,
         specialisation, speciality, specialism]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) 

Specialty \Spe"cial*ty\, n.; pl. Specialties. [F.
   sp['e]cialit['e]. Cf. Speciality.]
   1. Particularity.

            Specialty of rule hath been neglected. --Shak.

   2. A particular or peculiar case. [Obs.]

   3. (Law) A contract or obligation under seal; a contract by
      deed; a writing, under seal, given as security for a debt
      particularly specified. --Chitty. --Bouvier. --Wharton
      (Law Dict.).

            Let specialties be therefore drawn between us.
                                                  --Shak.

   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. --C.
                                                  Kingsley.