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Parchment

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}.

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

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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