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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Easterling :: Easterling (n.) A piece of money coined in the east by Richard II. of England.
Frieze :: Frieze (n.) Any sculptured or richly ornamented band in a building or, by extension, in rich pieces of furniture. See Illust. of Column..
Doorcheek :: Doorcheek (n.) The jamb or sidepiece of a door.
Bonnet :: Bonnet (n.) An additional piece of canvas laced to the foot of a jib or foresail in moderate winds.
Crust :: Crust (n.) The hard exterior or surface of bread, in distinction from the soft part or crumb; or a piece of bread grown dry or hard..
Swaggered :: Swage (v. t.) To shape by means of a swage; to fashion, as a piece of iron, by forcing it into a groove or mold having the required shape..
Shook :: Shook (n.) The parts of a piece of house furniture, as a bedstead, packed together..
Kneejoint :: Kneejoint (n.) A toggle joint; -- so called because consisting of two pieces jointed to each other end to end, making an angle like the knee when bent..
Sole :: Sole (n.) A piece of timber attached to the lower part of the rudder, to make it even with the false keel..
Chape :: Chape (n.) The piece by which an object is attached to something, as the frog of a scabbard or the metal loop at the back of a buckle by which it is fastened to a strap..
Rug :: Rug (a.) A piece of thick, nappy fabric, commonly made of wool, -- used for various purposes, as for covering and ornamenting part of a bare floor, for hanging in a doorway as a potiere, for protecting a portion of carpet, for a wrap to protect the legs from cold, etc..
House :: House (n.) A square on a chessboard, regarded as the proper place of a piece..
Exode :: Exode (n.) An afterpiece of a comic description, either a farce or a travesty..
Puncheon :: Puncheon (n.) A short, upright piece of timber in framing; a short post; an intermediate stud..
Superfine :: Superficies (n.) A real right consisting of a grant by a landed proprietor of a piece of ground, bearing a strong resemblance to the long building leases granted by landholders in England, in consideration of a rent, and under reservation of the ownership of the soil..
Clevis :: Clevis (n.) A piece of metal bent in the form of an oxbow, with the two ends perforated to receive a pin, used on the end of the tongue of a plow, wagen, etc., to attach it to a draft chain, whiffletree, etc.; -- called also clavel, clevy..
Fig :: Fig (n.) A small piece of tobacco.
Crummable :: Crummable (a.) Capable of being crumbed or broken into small pieces.
Slip :: Slip (v. t.) To cut slips from; to cut; to take off; to make a slip or slips of; as, to slip a piece of cloth or paper..
Garden :: Garden (n.) A piece of ground appropriated to the cultivation of herbs, fruits, flowers, or vegetables..
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