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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Coin :: Coin (n.) A piece of metal on which certain characters are stamped by government authority, making it legally current as money; -- much used in a collective sense..
Sound :: Sound (v. t.) To examine the condition of (anything) by causing the same to emit sounds and noting their character; as, to sound a piece of timber; to sound a vase; to sound the lungs of a patient..
Shook :: Shook (n.) The parts of a piece of house furniture, as a bedstead, packed together..
Splining :: Spline (n.) A long, flexble piece of wood sometimes used as a ruler..
Witherband :: Witherband (n.) A piece of iron in a saddle near a horse's withers, to strengthen the bow..
Optigraph :: Optigraph (a.) A telescope with a diagonal eyepiece, suspended vertically in gimbals by the object end beneath a fixed diagonal plane mirror. It is used for delineating landscapes, by means of a pencil at the eye end which leaves the delineation on paper..
Sludge :: Sludge (n.) Small floating pieces of ice, or masses of saturated snow..
Whet :: Whet (v. t.) To rub or on with some substance, as a piece of stone, for the purpose of sharpening; to sharpen by attrition; as, to whet a knife..
Ancony :: Ancony (n.) A piece of malleable iron, wrought into the shape of a bar in the middle, but unwrought at the ends..
Malleus :: Malleus (n.) One of the hard lateral pieces of the mastax of Rotifera. See Mastax.
Chesstree :: Chesstree (n.) A piece of oak bolted perpendicularly on the side of a vessel, to aid in drawing down and securing the clew of the mainsail..
Plane :: Plane (a.) To make smooth; to level; to pare off the inequalities of the surface of, as of a board or other piece of wood, by the use of a plane; as, to plane a plank..
Pointing :: Pointing (n.) The act or process of measuring, at the various distances from the surface of a block of marble, the surface of a future piece of statuary; also, a process used in cutting the statue from the artist's model..
Forefoot :: Forefoot (n.) A piece of timber which terminates the keel at the fore end, connecting it with the lower end of the stem..
Antic :: Antic (n.) A grotesque trick; a piece of buffoonery; a caper.
Snaffle :: Snaffle (n.) A kind of bridle bit, having a joint in the part to be placed in the mouth, and rings and cheek pieces at the ends, but having no curb; -- called also snaffle bit..
Accidental :: Accidental (n.) A sharp, flat, or natural, occurring not at the commencement of a piece of music as the signature, but before a particular note..
Domino :: Domino (n.) One of the pieces with which the game of dominoes is played.
Courche :: Courche (n.) A square piece of linen used formerly by women instead of a cap; a kerchief.
Netting :: Netting (n.) A piece of network; any fabric, made of cords, threads, wires, or the like, crossing one another with open spaces between..
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