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Show P1 PI Ainfworth 3. A patch 2. A part of a whole; a fragment Ezckiel, xxiv. 26 Bring it out piece by piece The chief caprain, fearing left Paul fhould hav been pulled in picces of them, commanded to tak Aéts hig by force Thefe lefler rocks or great bulky ftones,. that li fcattered in the fea or upon theland, are they no manifeft fragments and pieces of thefe greater maffes Burnet A man that is in Rome can {carce fee an objec that does not call to mind a piece of a Latin poe Addifon or hiftorian 3. A part It is accounted a piece of excellent knowledge, t Tillotfon know the laws of the land 4. A piture If unnatural, the fineft colours are but dawbing and the piece is a beautiful monfter at the beft. Dryd Each heav'nly piece unweary'd we compare Match Raphael's grace with thy lov'd Guido's air Pope 5. A compofition ; performance He wrote feveral pieces, which he did not affum Addifon the honour of 6. A fingle great gun Shake[peare Many of the fhips have brafs pieces, wherea every piece at leaft requires four gunners to atten Raleigh's EfJays Pyrrhus continual battery of great pisces wit did batter the mount. Kunolles's Hiftory of the Turks 7. A hand gun When he cometh to experience of fervice abroad or is put to a piece or a pike, he maketh as worth a foldier a any natio he meeteth with Spenfer The ball goes on in the diretion of the ftick or of the body of the piece out of which it is fhot 8. A coin; a fingle piece of money Cheyne When once the poet's honour ceafes From reafon far his tranfports rove 9. In ridicule and contempt of a lawyer or fmatterer 10. A-Prece Toeach Prior as, a piec Mbre 11. Of a PiecE awith. Like; of the fam fort; united; the fame with the reft fo aptly mix'd and of a picce Rofcommon petitions, a cockle mad and his body might be al of a picce L' Efrange My own is of a picce with his, an were he liv ing, they are fuch as he would have written I appeal to my enemies if I or an Dryd other ma could have invented one which had been more o a picce, and more depending on the ferious part o the defign Dryden Too juftly ravifh'd from an age like this No fhe is gone the world is of@ piece Dryden Nothing but madnefs can pleafe madmen, an a poet muft be 'of@ piece with the fpettators, t gain a reputation Dryden 9o Pisce. @. a. [from the noun. 1. To enlarge by the addition ofa piece 1 fpeak too long but 'tis to picce the time v it out in length. Shak. Merch. of Fenice ght within that little feeming fubftance Or all of it with our difpleafure piec'd hing more may fitly like your grace Shakefpeare's King Lear $ yours Let him, that was the caufe of this, have powe To take off fo much grief from you, as h Shak:fpeare Will picce up in himfelf Plan it wit wome as wel Shakefpeare oci out of an old man's lif eilf i Whethe the piccin worth the pains, I cannot tell Temple 7o P1ecE. @w. #. [from the noun. T join ; to coalefce; to be compactted The cunning prieft chofe Plantagenet to be th fubject his pupil fhould perfonate;/ becaufe he wa more in the prefent fpeech of the people, and i tieced better and followed more clofe upon th bruit of Plantagenet's efcape Bacon Pie'cer. z. /. [from piece. One tha pieces Pie'ceLEss. adj. [from piece.] Whole compact; not made of {eparate pieces In thofe poor types of God, round circles Religion's types the piecelefs centers flow fo And are in all the lines which all ways go. Donne Pie'ceEMEAL. adv. [pice and mel ; a wor in Saxon of the fame import. I pieces; in fragments as men tha i may fpread into generations; and not be pieced fro Lacon wilhout "The bridge, confiftin of 3 length of fix hundred afd tWe‘,',‘:;‘:::? u.,;t;:? and an half : the dimenfions of th eo a c e g o fol in Englith meafure; the height ofare the ows gé?\V:;;ht}?en;izling:::n:n% nin;; feet, the g §i y-two feetoF t‘;::d an o the fecond asch, the diftanc LIhal _hundred and thirty feet; in the thirg tflht-:"-"m is one hundred and nine feet; in th'c fourt ;l,t- thi ty- an igh fut diftance is one hundre 7o PIERCE. . a. [ percer, Frengh] 1. T'o penetrat ; to enter 5.to force 3 Way | into Steed threateas fteed in high an Picrcing the night's dul Sb;tfif%% The love of money is the root of ai| evils wfigh - while fome coveted after, they have Pi,,m;: the felves through with many forrows. 1 Tim, yi, 1 With this fatal fword, on which Ldgd I pierce her open'd back or tender fide Dy The glorious temple. fhall arife And with new luftre pierce the neighbring flis P hir 2. To touch the paffions; to affedt Did your letters pierce the queen' 4 -She read them in my prefence And now and then an ample tear trill'd down, Sk, flang 7 P1ERC ,On.- which it piece meale brake, and fell from hi A §U-0 i Chapman. | 1+ To make way by force inta or throug unhappy hand an ‘Why did I not his carcafs piccm:m/ tear And caft it in the fea Denbam VIl be torn piecemeal by a horfe Ere 'l take you for better or worie Hudibras Neither was the body then {abjeét to diftemnpers to die by piecemeal, and languifth under: coughs o coffumptions South Pitcemeal they win this acre firft, then tha Glean on and gather up the whole eftate Pope PiecEMEAL adj Single feparate vided di blafphemie level, fom at one attribute fome at another: but this, by a more compendiou impiety, fhoots at his very being,and as if it, fcorned thefe pizcemeal guiles, fets up a fingle monfter bi Gowv. of ithe Tongue enough to devour them all Stage editors printed. from the common piecemea ticoloured They defire to takefuch as have their feathers o pied, orient and various colours Abbat All the yeanlings, which were ftreak'd and picd Should fall as Jacob's bire. ' Shak. Mers of Venice Pied cattle are fpotted in their tongues Bggon The feat, the foft wool of the bee The cover, gallantly to fee The wing of a pied butterfly I trow 'twas fimple trimming Meadows trim with- daifies pied Drayton Shallow brooks and rivers wide Pi‘eoness. z. [ [from pied. tion 3/ diverfity of colour MMilton Variega There is an art, which in their piedncfs fhare With great creating nature Shaks Winter's Tale P1e'LED adj. Perhap for peeled, ox bald or piled, or having fhort hair Piel' prieft dof tho out? -1 do Pi"evowDE comman m b [from pied, foot and pouldre, dufty. A court held i fairs for redrefs of all' diforders committe Prer therein. n. lumns o raifed Oak pierre, whic cedar Erench.] th and chefnu Her fighs will make a batt'ry in his breaft Her tears will pierce into a marble heart. S&é}e‘fi There is that fpeaketh like the fimi s of 2 fword ; but the tongue of the wife is healths Pro Short arrows, called fprights, withont any othe heads fave wood fharpened, were difcharged outo mufkets, and would pierce through the fid of fhips Hif Baco'sNat where a bullet would not pierce 2. To ftrike The eo arch ofa bridge i are th beft builders for piers fometimes wet, fometimes dry, take elm Bacon The Englith took the galley, and drew it t thore, and. ufed the ftones to reinforce the pier Hayward to affed. to move Say,. fhe be:mute, and will:not:fpeak aword Then I'll commend, her volubility And fay fhe uttereth piercing-eloquence 3. To enter; to.dive as into afecret She woul tha not pierce further into his meani himfelf thoul fo would fheinter declare pret all his doings to be ‘accomplifred in good S{dflq Al men kne l be, an Ifracl Nathaniet but our Saviour piercizg deeper, giveth further teftimony of him than men could have done, Heier 4. To affe&t feverely They provide more piercing ftatutes daily to ckfl Shakefpeare up the poor Pre'rcer #. /= [from picrce. I. An infirument that bores or penetrates Cart, ladder, and wimble, with'perfer and%?d a o r p t f i h i w t w r p T 2 bodies "The hollow inftrument, terebra, we may E?Ehfhv picreer, wherewith many. flies m'e-_pr-'mdedr ceeding fro th with wiud} ‘hqh&lfl‘ womb }lm rate the tegument of leaves, and through th of it inje their eggs inte the holes tW'R o made ap- 3. One who perforates fhut | Prg'r CIN(;Ly'ga'-v.[fromplel‘ff‘]s Shakefpeare's Henry V1 court. n. / thmg Pope Pi'ep. adj. [from pie.] Variegated; par had only one eye and one ear a-picce and fi€tion ar feems unifor Jupiter grante that his houf her folly motion and advantage he give written parts in the-playhoufe I demand, concerning all thofe creatures tha have eyes and ears, whether they might not hav Trut That al Whe requeft 'To encreafe by addi He pieces out his wife's inclination Othe And Boileau, for eight hundred pieces Makes Louis take the wall of Jove out 3. 90 P1ec tion He ftrook his helme, full where his plume d A piece of ord'nance *gainftit I have plac'd it to unite 2. To join Pl et NESS: # PIE'RCIN. Power of piercing ~ 31:?'- [from pieranfed We C(mtelgplate the vaft: reach and °°':g{§ o our underftanding piercingnefs of its thought, Derbam PrETY o the prod':m?us‘q;'c?‘;? b m [. | pietas, Latin; puts 1. Difcharge of duty 'tO‘GQQ-}EDw o e f di ud ti fo pit y pie Wha Peacb beyond his companions "Till future infancy, bz»ptl.z‘d !.)y thee Grow ripe jn years, and o{d in pictyeR Pri "There be who faith prefer and.}?""yhcm s g Prayin for them would m(.‘kct gbg'mfd"‘s fee their fervants eminent in piey Lo |