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The operation of dividing a bone or of cutting a piece out of it, -- done to remedy deformity, etc.

dom by observation and experience, or the wisdom so acquired; -- opposed to inwit. [Obs.] Piers Plowman.

A piece of paper pasted upon the tympan sheet to improve the impression by making it stronger at a particular place.

estra, designed as an introduction to an oratorio, opera, or ballet, or as an independent piece; -- called in the latter case a concert overture.

e other animals deposit their eggs. Some ichneumon files have a long ovipositor fitted to pierce the eggs or larvæ of other insects, in order to lay their own eggs within the same.

A shoe for oxen, consisting of a flat piece of iron nailed to the hoof.

A substance or piece used to make a joint impervious; as:

A piece of timber fixed on a beam to fit the curve of the deck. W. C. Russel.

A single thing, composed of two pieces fitted to each other and used together; as, a pair of scissors; a pair of tongs; a pair of bellows.

A piece of cardboard, covered with linen and embroidered on one side; -- used to put over the chalice.

An oblong rectangular piece of cloth, worn by Roman ladies, and fastened with brooches.

One of the pieces or levers connected with the pendulum of a clock, or the balance of a watch, which receive the immediate impulse of the scape-wheel, or balance wheel. Brande & C.

A kind of doublet; a jacket. [Obs.] Piers Plowman.

A deep pie or pudding made of baked apples, or of sliced bread and apples baked together, with no bottom crust.

A division; a distinct piece, limited part, or compartment of any surface; a patch; hence, a square of a checkered or plaided pattern.

A piece of parchment or a schedule, containing the names of persons summoned as jurors by the sheriff; hence, more generally, the whole jury. Blackstone.

ularly, the lower part of such a garment, coming below the knee, often made in a separate piece; -- chiefly in the plural.

A sheet, leaf, or piece of such substance.

a small piece of paper on which women roll up their hair to make it curl; a curl paper.

A piece of Turkish money, usually copper, the fortieth part of a piaster, or about one ninth of a cent.