Webster's Dictionary 1913

4213

Pieceless

Piece″less, a. Not made of pieces; whole; entire.

4214

Piecely

Piece″ly, adv. In pieces; piecemeal.

4215

Piecemeal

Piece″meal′ (?), adv. [OE. pecemele; pece a piece + AS. m�lum, dat. pl. of m�l part. See Meal a portion.] 1. In pieces; in parts or fragments. “On which it piecemeal brake.” Cha...

4216

Piecemeal (2)

Piece″meal′, a. Made up of parts or pieces; single; separate. “These piecemeal guilts.” Gov. of Tongue.

4217

Piecemeal (3)

Piece″meal′, n. A fragment; a scrap. R. Vaughan.

4218

Piecemealed

Piece″mealed′ (?), a. Divided into pieces.

4219

Piecener

Piece″ner (?), n. 1. One who supplies rolls of wool to the slubbing machine in woolen mills.2. Same as Piecer, 2.

4220

Piecer

Pie″cer (?), n. 1. One who pieces; a patcher.2. A child employed in spinning mill to tie together broken threads.

4221

Piecework

Piece″work′ (?), n. Work done by the piece or job; work paid for at a rate based on the amount of work done, rather than on the time employed.The reaping was piecework, at so mu...

4222

Pied

Pied (?), imp. & p. p. of Pi, or Pie, v.

4223

Pied (2)

Pied (?), a. [From Pie the party-colored bird.] Variegated with spots of different colors; party-colored; spotted; piebald. “Pied coats.” Burton. “Meadows trim with daisies pied...

4224

Piedmont

Pied″mont (?), a. [F. pied foot + mont mountain.] (Geol.) Noting the region of foothills near the base of a mountain chain.

4225

Piedmontite

Pied″mont‐ite (?), n.(Min.) A manganesian kind of epidote, from Piedmont. See Epidote.

4226

Piedness

Pied″ness (?), n. The state of being pied. Shak.

4227

Piédouche

‖Pié′douche″ (?), n. [F., fr. It. peduccio console, corbel.] A pedestal of small size, used to support small objects, as busts, vases, and the like.

4228

Piedstall

Pied″stall (?), n. See Pedestal.

4229

Pieman

Pie″man (?), n.; pl.Piemen (�). A man who makes or sells pies.

4230

Piend

Piend (?), n. [Cf. Dan. pind a peg.] See Peen.

4231

Pieno

‖Pi‐e″no (?), a. [It., fr. L. plenus full.] (Mus.) Full; having all the instruments.

4232

Pieplant

Pie″plant′ (?), n.(Bot.) A plant (Rheum Rhaponticum) the leafstalks of which are acid, and are used in making pies; the garden rhubarb.

4233

Piepoudre

{ Pie″pou′dre, Pie″pow′der } (?), n. [Lit., dustyfoot, i.e., dusty-footed dealers, fr. F. pied foot + poudreux dusty.] (O. Eng. Law) An ancient court of record in England, forme...

4234

Pier

Pier (?), n. [OE. pere, OF. piere a stone, F. pierre, fr. L. petra, Gr. �. Cf. Petrify.] 1. (Arch.) (a) Any detached mass of masonry, whether insulated or supporting one side of...

4235

Pierage

Pier″age (?), n. Same as Wharfage. Smart.

4236

Pierce

Pierce (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Pierced (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Piercing (?).] [OE. percen, F. percer, OF. percier, perchier, parchier; perh. fr. (assumed) LL. pertusiare for pertusa...

4237

Pierce (2)

Pierce, v. i. To enter; to penetrate; to make a way into or through something, as a pointed instrument does; — used literally and figuratively.And pierced to the skin, but bit n...

4238

Pierceable

Pierce″a‐ble (?), a. That may be pierced.

4239

Pierced

Pierced (?), a. Penetrated; entered; perforated.