Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of parchment is as below...

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

Coriaceous :: Coriaceous (a.) Stiff, like leather or parchment..

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

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..

Chirograph :: Chirograph (n.) A writing which, requiring a counterpart, was engrossed twice on the same piece of parchment, with a space between, in which was written the word chirographum, through which the parchment was cut, and one part given to each party. It answered to what is now called a charter party..

Tympan :: Tympan (n.) A frame covered with parchment or cloth, on which the blank sheets are put, in order to be laid on the form to be impressed..

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

Record :: Record (v. t.) To preserve the memory of, by committing to writing, to printing, to inscription, or the like; to make note of; to write or enter in a book or on parchment, for the purpose of preserving authentic evidence of; to register; to enroll; as, to record the proceedings of a court; to record historical events..

Vellum :: Vellum (n.) A fine kind of parchment, usually made from calfskin, and rendered clear and white, -- used as for writing upon, and for binding books..

Mezuzoth :: Mezuzoth (n.) A piece of parchment bearing the Decalogue and attached to the doorpost; -- in use among orthodox Hebrews.

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..

Chartaceous :: Chartaceous (a.) Resembling paper or parchment; of paper-like texture; papery.

Limn :: Limn (v. t.) To illumine, as books or parchments, with ornamental figures, letters, or borders..

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

Parchment :: Parchment (n.) The envelope of the coffee grains, inside the pulp..

Papyrine :: Papyrine (n.) Imitation parchment, made by soaking unsized paper in dilute sulphuric acid..

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

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..

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

Label :: Label (n.) A slip of ribbon, parchment, etc., attached to a document to hold the appended seal; also, the seal..

Random Fonts

Most Popular