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Definition of Parchment

1. Noun. A superior paper resembling sheepskin.

Definition of Parchment

1. n. The skin of a lamb, sheep, goat, young calf, or other animal, prepared for writing on. See Vellum.

Definition of Parchment

1. Noun. A material, made from the polished skin of a calf, sheep, goat or other animal, used like paper for writing. ¹

2. Noun. A document made on such material. ¹

3. Noun. A diploma (traditionally written on parchment). ¹

4. Noun. Stiff paper imitating that material. ¹

5. Noun. The creamy to tanned color of parchment ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Parchment

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Parchment

1. 1. 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 Caesar." (Shak) 2. The envelope of the coffee grains, inside the pulp. Parchment paper. See Papyrine. Origin: OE. Parchemin, perchemin, F. Parchemin, LL. Pergamenum, L. Pergamena, pergamina, fr. L. Pergamenus of or belonging to Pergamus an ancient city of Mysia in Asia Minor, where parchment was first used. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Parchment

Literary usage of Parchment

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Nicomachean Ethics of Aristotle by Aristotle (1891)
"Vellum, Js. 6d. ; parchment or cloth, 6s. The Poetical Works of John Keats. ... Vellum, 1$s.; parchment, 12s. Cheap Edition. Crown 8vo, 4*. ..."

2. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"Thus the term parchment was probably derived from Pergamos, ... The Romans termed parchment charla pergamena. With the perfection in the art of preparing ..."

3. Pharmaceutical Journal by Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain (1859)
"It was found, moreover, that bands of vegetable parchment taken from different sheets of the same kind of paper, exhibited a remarkable uniformity of ..."

4. Dictionary of the Apostolic Church by James Hastings, John Alexander Selbie, John Chisholm Lambert (1918)
"The invention of parchment has been usually connected with the desire of Eumenes II., king of Pergamum (197-158 BC), to institute a great library on the ..."

5. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register (1860)
"For every Skin or Piece of Vellum, parchment, or Sheet or Piece of Paper, on which any Capias, Original Summons, or Execution from any Justice of the Peace, ..."

6. Man and the Glacial Period by George Frederick Wright, Henry Williamson Haynes (1892)
"6d. ; parchment or cloth, 6s. Index to Shakespeare's Works. By E. O'CONNOR. ... Elzevir 8vo (parchment Library). Vellum, Js. 6d. ; parchment or cloth, 6s. ..."

7. The French Revolution and English Literature: Lectures Delivered in by Edward Dowden (1897)
"Vellum 7i.. ; parchment or cloth,. English Poets (Living). With Frontispiece by HERBERT RAILTON. 1894 Edition. Large crown 8vo, printed on hand-made paper, ..."

8. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy by Royal Irish Academy (1883)
"The preservation I found much facilitated by moistening the parchment with water until it was quite soft, and then mounting it on card board. ..."

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