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Definition of Piecing
1. material to be sewn together [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Piecing
Literary usage of Piecing
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Nollekens and His Times: Comprehending Life of that Celebrated Sculptor and by John Thomas Smith (1829)
"Fatal consequences of piecing the stone.—Works of a mender of Antiques.—Anecdote
of Mr. Whitbread.—Coquetry, death, and funeral of Angelica Kauffmann. ..."
2. Nollekens and his times: A Life of that Celebrated Sculptor and Memoirs of by John Thomas Smith (1829)
"Fatal consequences of piecing the stone.—"Works of a mender of Antiques—Anecdote
of Mr. Whitbread.—Coquetry, death, and funeral of Angelica Kauffmann. ..."
3. Modern Flax, Hemp and Jute Spinning and Twisting: A Practical Handbook for by Herbert R. Carter (1907)
"piecing out is the splitting up of the stricks of flax, hemp, or jute fibre ...
Spinners of coarser numbers often cheapen production by piecing out " double ..."
4. Exposition of the Epistle to the Romans: with remarks on the commentaries of by Robert Haldane (1874)
"But still men would have something within themselves to make out the matter, as
if this robe needed any such piecing, ..."
5. Quantities: A Text-book for Surveyors, in Tabulated Form by Banister Fletcher, Herbert Phillips Fletcher (1888)
"DIFFICULTY OF DEALING WITH PRACTICE OF LUMPING—piecing STONES—TAKING DOWN WALLS—RENEWAL
... piecing stones or stonework. 2nd. Taking down walls out of the ..."
6. The Riviera by William Scott (1907)
"expend a lot of sentiment in tracing out and piecing together the indications of
ancient greatness, skill, and wealth. From Fréjus a delightful road runs to ..."
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