Definition of piece

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Piece (n.) An individual; -- applied to a person as being of a certain nature or quality; often, but not always, used slightingly or in contempt..

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Piece :: Piece (n.) A coin; as, a sixpenny piece; -- formerly applied specifically to an English gold coin worth 22 shillings..
Solidare :: Solidare (n.) A small piece of money.
Scrag :: Scrag (n.) Something thin, lean, or rough; a bony piece; especially, a bony neckpiece of meat; hence, humorously or in contempt, the neck..
Slide :: Slide (n.) A moving piece which is guided by a part or parts along which it slides.
Toupet :: Toupet (n.) A small wig, or a toppiece of a wig..
Handkerchief :: Handkerchief (n.) A piece of cloth shaped like a handkerchief to be worn about the neck; a neckerchief; a neckcloth.
Tarsiatura :: Tarsiatura (n.) A kind of mosaic in woodwork, much employed in Italy in the fifteenth century and later, in which scrolls and arabesques, and sometimes architectural scenes, landscapes, fruits, flowers, and the like, were produced by inlaying pieces of wood of different colors and shades into panels usually of walnut wood..
Inchmeal :: Inchmeal (n.) A piece an inch long.
Pieceless :: Pieceless (a.) Not made of pieces; whole; entire.
Coral :: Coral (n.) A piece of coral, usually fitted with small bells and other appurtenances, used by children as a plaything..
Piece :: Piece (n.) A musket, gun, or cannon; as, a battery of six pieces; a following piece..
Upset :: Upset (v. t.) To thicken and shorten, as a heated piece of iron, by hammering on the end..
Cleft :: Cleft (n.) A piece made by splitting; as, a cleft of wood..
Manual :: Manual (a.) A prescribed exercise in the systematic handing of a weapon; as, the manual of arms; the manual of the sword; the manual of the piece (cannon, mortar, etc.)..
Trigger :: Trigger (n.) A piece, as a lever, which is connected with a catch or detent as a means of releasing it; especially (Firearms), the part of a lock which is moved by the finger to release the cock and discharge the piece..
Escritoire :: Escritoire (n.) A piece of furniture used as a writing table, commonly with drawers, pigeonholes, and the like; a secretary or writing desk..
Disjoint :: Disjoint (v. i.) To fall in pieces.
Bunk :: Bunk (n.) A piece of wood placed on a lumberman's sled to sustain the end of heavy timbers.
Roll :: Roll (v.) A document written on a piece of parchment, paper, or other materials which may be rolled up; a scroll..
Slab :: Slab (n.) An outside piece taken from a log or timber in sawing it into boards, planks, etc..
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