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A definite portion or quantity, as of goods or work; as, a piece of broadcloth; a piece of wall paper.

To steal in small quantities, or articles of small value; to practice petty theft.

As much as may be taken between the finger and thumb; any very small quantity; as, a pinch of snuff.

A cask usually containing two hogsheads, or 126 wine gallons; also, the quantity which it contains. Pipe fitter, one who fits pipes together, or applies pipes, as to an engine or a building. -- Pipe fitting, a piece, as a coupling, an elbow, a valve, etc., used for connecting lengths of pipe or as accessory to a pipe.…

ulb in the middle, and usually graduated, -- used for transferring or delivering measured quantities.

The quality or state of being piquant.

The quantity a pitcher will hold.

state of the blood vessels or of the system when the blood exceeds a healthy standard in quantity; hyperæmia; -- opposed to anæmia.

ations required for the complete expression of the relations which exist between a set of quantities. Brande & C.

the quantity of land allotted for the work of one plow; a hide.

f, as of smoke from a pipe, or of dust from a puffball; a slight explosion, as of a small quantity of gunpowder. [Scot.]

ive power. Emerson. Plus sign (Math.), the sign (+) which denotes addition, or a positive quantity.

icity; -- opposed to Ant: negative pole. (b) (Magnetism) The north pole. [R.] -- Positive quantity (Alg.), an affirmative quantity, or one affected by the sign plus [+]. -- Positive rotation (Mech.), left-handed rotation. -- Positive sign (Math.), the sign [+] denoting plus, or more, or addition.

The quantity contained in a pot; a potful; as, a pot of ale. "Give her a pot and a cake." De Foe.

of rich, sweet cake; -- so called from the ingredients being used by pounds, or in equal quantities.

A large quantity; a great number; as, a power o. [Colloq.] Richardson.

A term used by Sir William Hamilton to define propositions having their quantity indicated by a verbal sign; as, all, none, etc.; -- contrasted with preindesignate, defining propositions of which the quantity is not so indicated.

Having no sign expressive of quantity; indefinite. See Predesignate.

That which is first in quantity; the most excellent portion; the best part. Give him always of the prime. Swift.

n geometry, to bisect a line, to draw a perpendicular; or, in algebra, to find an unknown quantity.