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, in any manner, as by cutting, splitting, breaking, or tearing; a part; a portion; as, a piece of sugar; to break in pieces. Bring it out piece by piece. Ezek. xxiv. 6.

Not made of pieces; whole; entire.

In pieces; piecemeal. [Obs.]

In pieces; in parts or fragments. "On which it piecemeal brake." Chapman. The beasts will tear thee piecemeal. Tennyson.

Divided into pieces.

Same as Piecer, 2.

One who pieces; a patcher.

Work done by the piece or job; work paid for at a rate based on the amount of work done, rather than on the time employed. The reaping was piecework, at so much per acre. R. Jefferies.

A piece performed after a play, usually a farce or other small entertainment.

The painting or piece of sculpture above and behind the altar; reredos.

self; by the single one; to each; as the share of each; as, these melons cost a shilling apiece. "Fined . . . a thousand pounds apiece." Hume.

In pieces or to pieces. [Obs.] "Being torn apieces." Shak.

A piece, or plate which forms the back of anything, or which covers the back; armor for the back.

A piece of parchment, or paper, containing a recognizance or bail bond.

The foundation framing or piece, by which the other parts are supported and held in place; the bed; -- called also baseplate and soleplate.

An old English gold coin, broader than a guinea, as a Carolus or Jacobus.

An ornament to be placed in the center, as of a table, ceiling, atc.; a central article or figure.

A decorative construction around the opning of a fireplace.

A part of male dress in front of the breeches, formerly made very conspicuous. Shak. Fosbroke.

A piece of any structure which is fitted or framed crosswise.