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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Headpiece :: Headpiece (n.) An engraved ornament at the head of a chapter, or of a page..
Embouchure :: Embouchure (n.) The mouthpiece of a wind instrument.
Shard :: Shard (n.) A piece or fragment of an earthen vessel, or a like brittle substance, as the shell of an egg or snail..
Target :: Target (n.) The sliding crosspiece, or vane, on a leveling staff..
Undo :: Undo (v. t.) To loose; to open; to take to piece; to unfasten; to untie; hence, to unravel; to solve; as, to undo a knot; to undo a puzzling question; to undo a riddle..
Skullcap :: Skullcap (n.) A cap which fits the head closely; also, formerly, a headpiece of iron sewed inside of a cap for protection..
Move :: Move (v. t.) To transfer (a piece or man) from one space or position to another, according to the rules of the game; as, to move a king..
Sill :: Sill (n.) A piece of timber across the bottom of a canal lock for the gates to shut against.
Bedpiece :: Bedpiece (n.) Alt. of Bedplat.
Hoult :: Hoult (n.) A piece of woodland; a small wood. [Obs.] See Holt.
Made :: Made (a.) Artificially produced; pieced together; formed by filling in; as, made ground; a made mast, in distinction from one consisting of a single spar..
Frontispiece :: Frontispiece (n.) The principal front of a building.
Scotchman :: Scotchman (n.) A piece of wood or stiff hide placed over shrouds and other rigging to prevent chafe by the running gear.
Piece :: Piece (n.) A literary or artistic composition; as, a piece of poetry, music, or statuary..
Solidare :: Solidare (n.) A small piece of money.
Nickel :: Nickel (n.) A small coin made of or containing nickel; esp., a five-cent piece..
Templet :: Templet (n.) A short piece of timber, iron, or stone, placed in a wall under a girder or other beam, to distribute the weight or pressure..
Patch :: Patch (v. t.) To make of pieces or patches; to repair as with patches; to arrange in a hasty or clumsy manner; -- generally with up; as, to patch up a truce..
Pile :: Pile (n.) A large stake, or piece of timber, pointed and driven into the earth, as at the bottom of a river, or in a harbor where the ground is soft, for the support of a building, a pier, or other superstructure, or to form a cofferdam, etc..
Crag :: Crag (n.) The neck piece or scrag of mutton.
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