n.
v. t.
His adversaries . . . pieced themselves together in a joint opposition against him. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i. To unite by a coalescence of parts; to fit together; to join. “It pieced better.” Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ OE. pece, F. pièce, LL. pecia, petia, petium, probably of Celtic origin; cf. W. peth a thing, a part, portion, a little, Armor. pez, Gael. & Ir. cuid part, share. Cf. Petty. ]
Bring it out piece by piece. Ezek. xxiv. 6. [ 1913 Webster ]
Thy mother was a piece of virtue. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
His own spirit is as unsettled a piece as there is in all the world. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]
[ 1913 Webster ]
Of a piece,
Piece of eight,
To give a piece of one's mind to,
Piece broker,
Piece goods,
a. Not made of pieces; whole; entire. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. In pieces; piecemeal. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. [ OE. pecemele; pece a piece + AS. m&unr_;lum, dat. pl. of m&unr_;l part. See Meal a portion. ]
The beasts will tear thee piecemeal. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]
Piecemeal they win, this acre first, than that. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A fragment; a scrap. R. Vaughan. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Made up of parts or pieces; single; separate. “These piecemeal guilts.” Gov. of Tongue. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Divided into pieces. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
v. t.
His adversaries . . . pieced themselves together in a joint opposition against him. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i. To unite by a coalescence of parts; to fit together; to join. “It pieced better.” Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ OE. pece, F. pièce, LL. pecia, petia, petium, probably of Celtic origin; cf. W. peth a thing, a part, portion, a little, Armor. pez, Gael. & Ir. cuid part, share. Cf. Petty. ]
Bring it out piece by piece. Ezek. xxiv. 6. [ 1913 Webster ]
Thy mother was a piece of virtue. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
His own spirit is as unsettled a piece as there is in all the world. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]
[ 1913 Webster ]
Of a piece,
Piece of eight,
To give a piece of one's mind to,
Piece broker,
Piece goods,
a. Not made of pieces; whole; entire. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. In pieces; piecemeal. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. [ OE. pecemele; pece a piece + AS. m&unr_;lum, dat. pl. of m&unr_;l part. See Meal a portion. ]
The beasts will tear thee piecemeal. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]
Piecemeal they win, this acre first, than that. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A fragment; a scrap. R. Vaughan. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Made up of parts or pieces; single; separate. “These piecemeal guilts.” Gov. of Tongue. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Divided into pieces. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.