Parchment,

6 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Parchment \Parch"ment\ (p[aum]rch"ment), n. [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.]
     1. The skin of a lamb, sheep, goat, young calf, or other


        animal, prepared for writing on. See {Vellum}.
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              But here's a parchment with the seal of C[ae]sar.
                                                    --Shak.
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     2. The envelope of the coffee grains, inside the pulp.
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     {Parchment paper}. See {Papyrine}.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  parchment
       n 1: a superior paper resembling sheepskin
       2: skin of a sheep or goat prepared for writing on [syn: {sheepskin},
           {lambskin}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  87 Moby Thesaurus words for "parchment":
     article, autograph, biscuit, blank, bone, brainchild, bubble,
     china, chirograph, codex, composition, computer printout, copy,
     cracker, docket, document, dossier, draft, dust, edited version,
     eggshell, engrossment, essay, fair copy, fiction, file,
     final draft, finished version, first draft, flimsy, form, glass,
     glass house, holograph, house of cards, ice, instrument,
     legal document, legal instrument, legal paper, letter,
     literae scriptae, literary artefact, literary production,
     literature, lucubration, manuscript, matchwood, matter, mummy,
     nonfiction, official document, old paper, opus, original,
     palimpsest, paper, papers, papyrus, penscript, personal file,
     piece, piece of writing, piecrust, play, poem, printed matter,
     printout, production, reading matter, recension, roll, screed,
     scrip, script, scrive, scroll, second draft, stick,
     the written word, transcript, transcription, typescript, version,
     work, writ, writing
  
  

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Parchment
     a skin prepared for writing on; so called from Pergamos (q.v.),
     where this was first done (2 Tim. 4:13).
     

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:

  Parchment, MI (city, FIPS 62340)
    Location: 42.32695 N, 85.56549 W
    Population (1990): 1958 (840 housing units)
    Area: 2.2 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 49004

From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:

  Parchment, MI -- U.S. city in Michigan
     Population (2000):    1936
     Housing Units (2000): 873
     Land area (2000):     0.855291 sq. miles (2.215193 sq. km)
     Water area (2000):    0.033619 sq. miles (0.087074 sq. km)
     Total area (2000):    0.888910 sq. miles (2.302267 sq. km)
     FIPS code:            62340
     Located within:       Michigan (MI), FIPS 26
     Location:             42.325639 N, 85.567832 W
     ZIP Codes (1990):     49004
     Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
     Headwords:
      Parchment, MI
      Parchment