parchment

5 definitions found

parchment - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Parchment \Parch"ment\ (p[aum]rch"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.
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              But here's a parchment with the seal of C[ae]sar.
                                                    --Shak.
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     2. The envelope of the coffee grains, inside the pulp.
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     Parchment paper. See Papyrine.
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parchment - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  parchment
      n 1: a superior paper resembling sheepskin
      2: skin of a sheep or goat prepared for writing on [syn:
         parchment, sheepskin, lambskin]

parchment - Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary :

  Parchment
  a skin prepared for writing on; so called from Pergamos (q.v.),
  where this was first done (2 Tim. 4:13).

parchment - U.S. Gazetteer (1990) :

  Parchment, MI (city, FIPS 62340)
    Location: 42.32695 N, 85.56549 W
    Population (1990): 1958 (840 housing units)
    Area: 2.2 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 49004

parchment - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  87 Moby Thesaurus words for "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