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Chirograph :: Chirograph (n.) A writing which, requiring a counterpart, was engrossed twice on the same piece of parchment, with a space between, in which was written the word chirographum, through which the parchment was cut, and one part given to each party. It answered to what is now called a charter party..

Drumhead :: Drumhead (n.) The parchment or skin stretched over one end of a drum.

Impanel :: Impanel (v. t.) To enter in a list, or on a piece of parchment, called a panel; to form or enroll, as a list of jurors in a court of justice..

Chick-pea :: Chick-pea (n.) Its nutritious seed, used in cookery, and especially, when roasted (parched pulse), as food for travelers in the Eastern deserts..

Roll :: Roll (n.) To wrap round on itself; to form into a spherical or cylindrical body by causing to turn over and over; as, to roll a sheet of paper; to roll parchment; to roll clay or putty into a ball..

Forel :: Forel (n.) A kind of parchment for book covers. See Forrill.

Parch :: Parch (v. t.) To dry to extremity; to shrivel with heat; as, the mouth is parched from fever..

Mezuzoth :: Mezuzoth (n.) A piece of parchment bearing the Decalogue and attached to the doorpost; -- in use among orthodox Hebrews.

Panel :: Panel (n.) A piece of parchment or a schedule, containing the names of persons summoned as jurors by the sheriff; hence, more generally, the whole jury..

Ragman''s Roll :: Ragman's roll () The rolls of deeds on parchment in which the Scottish nobility and gentry subscribed allegiance to Edward I. of England, A. D. 1296..

Deed :: Deed (v. t.) A sealed instrument in writing, on paper or parchment, duly executed and delivered, containing some transfer, bargain, or contract..

Charta :: Charta (n.) Material on which instruments, books, etc., are written; parchment or paper..

Coriaceous :: Coriaceous (a.) Stiff, like leather or parchment..

Eparch :: Eparch (n.) In ancient Greece, the governor or perfect of a province; in modern Greece, the ruler of an eparchy..

Toparch :: Toparch (n.) The ruler or principal man in a place or country; the governor of a toparchy.

Letter :: Letter (n.) A written or printed communication; a message expressed in intelligible characters on something adapted to conveyance, as paper, parchment, etc.; an epistle..

Deed Poll :: Deed poll () A deed of one part, or executed by only one party, and distinguished from an indenture by having the edge of the parchment or paper cut even, or polled as it was anciently termed, instead of being indented..

Parched :: Parched (imp. & p. p.) of Parc.

Scorch :: Scorch (v. t.) To burn superficially; to parch, or shrivel, the surface of, by heat; to subject to so much heat as changes color and texture without consuming; as, to scorch linen..

Pachisi :: Pachisi (n.) Alt. of Parches.

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