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

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

Kettledrum :: Kettledrum (n.) A drum made of thin copper in the form of a hemispherical kettle, with parchment stretched over the mouth of it..

Follower :: Follower (n.) Among law stationers, a sheet of parchment or paper which is added to the first sheet of an indenture or other deed..

Label :: Label (n.) A slip of silk, paper, parchment, etc., affixed to anything, usually by an inscription, the contents, ownership, destination, etc.; as, the label of a bottle or a package..

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

Engross :: Engross (v. t.) To copy or write in a large hand (en gross, i. e., in large); to write a fair copy of in distinct and legible characters; as, to engross a deed or like instrument on parchment..

Vellum :: Vellum (n.) A fine kind of parchment, usually made from calfskin, and rendered clear and white, -- used as for writing upon, and for binding books..

Palimpsest :: Palimpsest (n.) A parchment which has been written upon twice, the first writing having been erased to make place for the second..

Sheepskin :: Sheepskin (n.) A diploma; -- so called because usually written or printed on parchment prepared from the skin of the sheep.

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..

Bull :: Bull (v. i.) A letter, edict, or respect, of the pope, written in Gothic characters on rough parchment, sealed with a bulla, and dated a die Incarnationis, i. e., from the day of the Incarnation. See Apostolical brief, under Brief..

Docket :: Docket (n.) A small piece of paper or parchment, containing the heads of a writing; a summary or digest..

Pergamentaceous :: Pergamentaceous (a.) Like parchment.

Label :: Label (n.) A slip of ribbon, parchment, etc., attached to a document to hold the appended seal; also, the seal..

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..

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..

Escroll :: Escroll (n.) A long strip or scroll resembling a ribbon or a band of parchment, or the like, anciently placed above the shield, and supporting the crest..

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

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..

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