Definition of piece

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Piece (n.) A musket, gun, or cannon; as, a battery of six pieces; a following piece..

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Bridle :: Bridle (n.) The piece in the interior of a gun lock, which holds in place the tumbler, sear, etc..
Post :: Post (n.) A piece of timber, metal, or other solid substance, fixed, or to be fixed, firmly in an upright position, especially when intended as a stay or support to something else; a pillar; as, a hitching post; a fence post; the posts of a house..
Shive :: Shive (n.) A thin piece or fragment; specifically, one of the scales or pieces of the woody part of flax removed by the operation of breaking..
Saddlebow :: Saddlebow (n.) The bow or arch in the front part of a saddle, or the pieces which form the front..
Tip :: Tip (n.) A piece of stiffened lining pasted on the inside of a hat crown.
Wholesale :: Wholesale (n.) Sale of goods by the piece or large quantity, as distinguished from retail..
Wedge :: Wedge (v. t.) To fasten with a wedge, or with wedges; as, to wedge a scythe on the snath; to wedge a rail or a piece of timber in its place..
Carrier :: Carrier (n.) That which drives or carries; as: (a) A piece which communicates to an object in a lathe the motion of the face plate; a lathe dog. (b) A spool holder or bobbin holder in a braiding machine. (c) A movable piece in magazine guns which transfers the cartridge to a position from which it can be thrust into the barrel.
Splice :: Splice (v. t.) To unite, as spars, timbers, rails, etc., by lapping the two ends together, or by applying a piece which laps upon the two ends, and then binding, or in any way making fast..
Tasse :: Tasse (n.) A piece of armor for the thighs, forming an appendage to the ancient corselet..
Casque :: Casque (n.) A piece of defensive or ornamental armor (with or without a vizor) for the head and neck; a helmet.
Straighted :: Straightedge (n.) A board, or piece of wood or metal, having one edge perfectly straight, -- used to ascertain whether a line is straight or a surface even, and for drawing straight lines..
Juba :: "Juba (n.) A loose panicle, the axis of which falls to pieces, as in certain grasses..
Solitaire :: Solitaire (n.) A game which one person can play alone; -- applied to many games of cards, etc.; also, to a game played on a board with pegs or balls, in which the object is, beginning with all the places filled except one, to remove all but one of the pieces by jumping, as in draughts..
Cleaver :: Cleaver (n.) One who cleaves, or that which cleaves; especially, a butcher's instrument for cutting animal bodies into joints or pieces..
Rebate :: Rebate (n.) A piece of wood hafted into a long stick, and serving to beat out mortar..
Yoke :: Yoke (n.) A frame or piece resembling a yoke, as in use or shape..
Park :: Park (n.) A piece of ground, in or near a city or town, inclosed and kept for ornament and recreation; as, Hyde Park in London; Central Park in New York..
Collop :: Collop (n.) A small slice of meat; a piece of flesh.
Dispart :: Dispart (n.) A piece of metal placed on the muzzle, or near the trunnions, on the top of a piece of ordnance, to make the line of sight parallel to the axis of the bore; -- called also dispart sight, and muzzle sight..
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