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A thin piece placed between two parts to hold or adjust them, fill a space, etc., ; a shim.

Any one of the several elementary pieces of a mechanism, as the fixed frame, or a rod, wheel, mass of confined liquid, etc., by which relative motion of other parts is produced and constrained.

Mechanism in which links, or intermediate connecting pieces, are employed to transmit motion from one part to another.

A line inclosing or forming the extremity of a piece of ground, or field of combat; hence, in the plural (lists), the ground or field inclosed for a race or combat. Chaucer. In measured lists to toss the weighty lance. Pope. To enter the lists, to accept a challenge, or engage in contest.

The operation of breaking a stone in the bladder into small pieces capable of being voided.

big; diminutive; -- opposed to big or large; as, a little body; a little animal; a little piece of ground; a little hill; a little distance; a little child. He sought to see Jesus who he was; and could not for the press, because he was little of stature. Luke xix. 3.

A piece of rope with thimble or block spliced into one or both of the ends. R. H. Dana, Ir.

A piece of magnetic iron ore possessing polarity like a magnetic needle. See Magnetite.

The marking out of the boundaries, or identifying the place or site of, a piece of land, according to the description given in an entry, plan, map, etc. Burrill. Bouvier.

A bulky piece of wood which has not been shaped by hewing or sawing.

A thin, flat piece of board in the form of a quadrant of a circle attached to the log line; -- called also log-ship. See 2d Log, n., 2.

A small log or piece of wood. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

An upright piece of round timber, in a whaleboat, over which a turn of the line is taken when it is running out too fast. Ham. Nav. Encyc.

A piece of furniture resembling a sofa, upon which one may lie or recline.

A projecting piece to which anything, as a rod, is attached, or against which anything, as a wedge or key, bears, or through which a bolt passes, etc.

A piece of felt to cover the eye of a vicious horse.

A straight-edged piece of wood for striking off superfluous clay from mold.

Applied to boiled potatoes cut into small pieces and heated in oil or butter. They are usually flavored with onion and parsley.

Artificially produced; pieced together; formed by filling in; as, made ground; a made mast, in distinction from one consisting of a single spar. Made up. (a) Complete; perfect. "A made up villain." Shak. (b) Falsely devised; fabricated; as, a made up story. (c) Artificial; as, a made up figure or complexion.…

Majestic or majestically; -- a direction to perform a passage or piece of music in a dignified manner.