About The Word Parchment

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Parchment

Parchment Meaning & Definition
Parchment Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Parchment?

[n] skin of a sheep or goat prepared for writing on
[n] a superior paper resembling sheepskin

Synonyms | Synonyms for Parchment: lambskin | sheepskin

Related Terms | Find terms related to Parchment: article | autograph | biscuit | blank | bone | brainchild | bubble | china | chirograph | codex | composition | computer printout | copy | cracker | docket | document | dossier | draft | dust | edited version | eggshell | engrossment | essay | fair copy | fiction | file | final draft | finished version | first draft | flimsy | form | glass | glass house | holograph | house of cards | ice | instrument | legal document | legal instrument | legal paper | letter | literae scriptae | literary artefact | literary production | literature | lucubration | manuscript | matchwood | matter | mummy | nonfiction | official document | old paper | opus | original | palimpsest | paper | papers | papyrus | penscript | personal file | piece | piece of writing | piecrust | play | poem | printed matter | printout | production | reading matter | recension | roll | screed | scrip | script | scrive | scroll | second draft | stick | the written word | transcript | transcription | typescript | version | work | writ | writing

See Also | animal skin | paper | vellum

Parchment In Webster's Dictionary

\Parch"ment\ (-ment), n. [OE. parchemin, perchemin, F. parchemin, LL. pergamenum, L. pergamena, pergamina, fr. L. Pergamenus of or belonging to Pergamus an ancient city of Mysia in Asia Minor, where parchment was first used.] 1. The skin of a lamb, sheep, goat, young calf, or other animal, prepared for writing on. See {Vellum}. But here's a parchment with the seal of C[ae]sar. --Shak. 2. The envelope of the coffee grains, inside the pulp. {Parchment paper}. See {Papyrine}.

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