Parchment
['pɑːtʃm(ə)nt] or ['pɑrtʃmənt]
Definition
(noun.) skin of a sheep or goat prepared for writing on.
(noun.) a superior paper resembling sheepskin.
Edited by Laurence--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The skin of a lamb, sheep, goat, young calf, or other animal, prepared for writing on. See Vellum.
(n.) The envelope of the coffee grains, inside the pulp.
Typed by Hiram
Definition
n. the skin of a sheep or goat prepared for writing on.—Parchment paper or Vegetable parchment (see Paper).—Virgin parchment a fine kind of parchment made from the skins of new-born lambs or kids.
Inputed by Laura
Examples
- A little way within the shop-door lay heaps of old crackled parchment scrolls and discoloured and dog's-eared law-papers. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Sign there, he repeated, turning suddenly on Laura, and pointing once more to the place on the parchment. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Until that time books had to be written upon parchment or papyrus, and after the Arab conquest of Egypt Europe was cut off from the papyrus supply. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Here it is,' said Fogg, handing over a square book, with a parchment cover. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- The confined room, strong of parchment-grease, is warehouse, counting-house, and copying-office. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- My own convictions led me to believe that the hidden contents of the parchment concealed a transaction of the meanest and the most fraudulent kind. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- They do not seem to have had paper or to have used parchment. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- We refuse to sanction these indentures,' said the old gentleman: tossing aside the piece of parchment as he spoke. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- The sheepskin was fresh dried and not tanned and as Robert Jordan rested his stocking feet on it he could feel it crackle like parchment. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- He danced about us and tapped the parchment with his finger: What I tell you, genteelmen! Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- He lifted up the parchment, and struck it angrily on the table. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- One was to obtain your signature to the parchment. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Beg your pardon, Mr. Pickwick,' said Jackson, deliberately depositing his hat on the floor, and drawing from his pocket the strip of parchment. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Meanwhile Sir Percival unlocked a cupboard beneath one of the book-cases, and produced from it a piece of parchment, folded longwise, many times over. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- The promise to pay so much silver or gold on leather (= parchment) with the seal of some established firm is probably as old or older than coinage. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
Typist: Toni