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

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

Parchment :: Parchment (n.) The skin of a lamb, sheep, goat, young calf, or other animal, prepared for writing on. See Vellum..

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..

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

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

Roll :: Roll (v.) A document written on a piece of parchment, paper, or other materials which may be rolled up; a scroll..

Scroll :: Scroll (n.) A roll of paper or parchment; a writing formed into a roll; a schedule; a list.

Battledoor :: Battledoor (n.) An instrument, with a handle and a flat part covered with parchment or crossed with catgut, used to strike a shuttlecock in play; also, the play of battledoor and shuttlecock..

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..

Phylactery :: Phylactery (n.) A small square box, made either of parchment or of black calfskin, containing slips of parchment or vellum on which are written the scriptural passages Exodus xiii. 2-10, and 11-17, Deut. vi. 4-9, 13-22. They are worn by Jews on the head and left arm, on week-day mornings, during the time of prayer..

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..

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..

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

Pell :: Pell (n.) A roll of parchment; a parchment record.

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

Forrill :: Forrill (n.) Lambskin parchment; vellum; forel.

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..

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..

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