Definition of piece

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Piece (n.) A coin; as, a sixpenny piece; -- formerly applied specifically to an English gold coin worth 22 shillings..

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Whittle :: Whittle (v. i.) To cut or shape a piece of wood with am small knife; to cut up a piece of wood with a knife.
Repetition :: Repetition (n.) The act of repeating, singing, or playing, the same piece or part a second time; reiteration of a note..
Hammock :: Hammock (n.) A piece of land thickly wooded, and usually covered with bushes and vines. Used also adjectively; as, hammock land..
Composer :: Composer (n.) One who composes; an author. Specifically, an author of a piece of music..
Lever :: Lever (n.) A rigid piece which is capable of turning about one point, or axis (the fulcrum), and in which are two or more other points where forces are applied; -- used for transmitting and modifying force and motion. Specif., a bar of metal, wood, or other rigid substance, used to exert a pressure, or sustain a weight, at one point of its length, by receiving a force or power at a second, and turning at a third on a fixed point called a fulcrum. It is usually named as the first of the six mecha
Canzone :: Canzone (n.) An instrumental piece in the madrigal style.
Die :: Die (n.) A hollow internally threaded screw-cutting tool, made in one piece or composed of several parts, for forming screw threads on bolts, etc.; one of the separate parts which make up such a tool..
Davenport :: Davenport (n.) A kind of small writing table, generally somewhat ornamental, and forming a piece of furniture for the parlor or boudoir..
Patch :: Patch (n.) Fig.: Anything regarded as a patch; a small piece of ground; a tract; a plot; as, scattered patches of trees or growing corn..
Measure :: Measure (v. i.) To result, or turn out, on measuring; as, the grain measures well; the pieces measure unequally..
Blaze :: Blaze (v. t.) To mark (a tree) by chipping off a piece of the bark.
Tampion :: Tampion (n.) A wooden stopper, or plug, as for a cannon or other piece of ordnance, when not in use..
Piece :: Piece (n.) A musket, gun, or cannon; as, a battery of six pieces; a following piece..
Dissect :: Dissect (v. t.) To divide into separate parts; to cut in pieces; to separate and expose the parts of, as an animal or a plant, for examination and to show their structure and relations; to anatomize..
Closer :: Closer (n.) The last stone in a horizontal course, if of a less size than the others, or a piece of brick finishing a course..
Gorget :: Gorget (n.) A piece of plate armor covering the same parts and worn over the buff coat in the 17th century, and without other steel armor..
Weld :: Weld (v. t.) To press or beat into intimate and permanent union, as two pieces of iron when heated almost to fusion..
Clavy :: Clavy (n.) A mantelpiece.
Sandwich :: Sandwich (n.) Two pieces of bread and butter with a thin slice of meat, cheese, or the like, between them..
Patch :: Patch (n.) A piece of cloth, or other suitable material, sewed or otherwise fixed upon a garment to repair or strengthen it, esp. upon an old garment to cover a hole..
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