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Piecemeal :: Piecemeal (adv.) Piece by piece; by little and little in succession.

Strap :: Strap (n.) A piece of rope or metal passing around a block and used for fastening it to anything.

Ancony :: Ancony (n.) A piece of malleable iron, wrought into the shape of a bar in the middle, but unwrought at the ends..

Came :: Came (n.) A slender rod of cast lead, with or without grooves, used, in casements and stained-glass windows, to hold together the panes or pieces of glass..

Clavy :: Clavy (n.) A mantelpiece.

Afterpiece :: Afterpiece (n.) A piece performed after a play, usually a farce or other small entertainment..

Labarum :: Labarum (n.) The standard adopted by the Emperor Constantine after his conversion to Christianity. It is described as a pike bearing a silk banner hanging from a crosspiece, and surmounted by a golden crown. It bore a monogram of the first two letters (CHR) of the name of Christ in its Greek form. Later, the name was given to various modifications of this standard..

Pointer :: Pointer (n.) The hand of a timepiece.

Apron :: Apron (n.) A piece of leather, or other material, to be spread before a person riding on an outside seat of a vehicle, to defend him from the rain, snow, or dust; a boot..

Escapement :: Escapement (n.) The contrivance in a timepiece which connects the train of wheel work with the pendulum or balance, giving to the latter the impulse by which it is kept in vibration; -- so called because it allows a tooth to escape from a pallet at each vibration..

Allegro :: Allegro (n.) An allegro movement; a quick, sprightly strain or piece..

Slip :: Slip (n.) A slender piece; a strip; as, a slip of paper..

Bow :: Bow (v. t.) The U-shaped piece which embraces the neck of an ox and fastens it to the yoke.

Strap :: Strap (n.) A piece of leather, or strip of wood covered with a suitable material, for sharpening a razor; a strop..

Tally :: Tally (n.) Originally, a piece of wood on which notches or scores were cut, as the marks of number; later, one of two books, sheets of paper, etc., on which corresponding accounts were kept..

Secretary :: Secretary (n.) A piece of furniture, with conveniences for writing and for the arrangement of papers; an escritoire..

Flitter :: Flitter (v. i.) A rag; a tatter; a small piece or fragment.

Yoke :: Yoke (n.) A crosspiece upon the head of a boat's rudder. To its ends lines are attached which lead forward so that the boat can be steered from amidships.

Dowel :: Dowel (n.) A pin, or block, of wood or metal, fitting into holes in the abutting portions of two pieces, and being partly in one piece and partly in the other, to keep them in their proper relative position..

Heelpiece :: Heelpiece (n.) A piece of leather fixed on the heel of a shoe.

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