PARCHMENT

n.

2 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

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 Cæsar. Shak.

2.
n.

The envelope of the coffee grains, inside the pulp. Parchment paper. See Papyrine.


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