About The Word Parchment
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Parchment
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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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