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    Piece \Piece\, n. [OE. pece, F. pi[`e]ce, LL. pecia, petia,
    petium, probably of Celtic origin; cf. W. peth a thing, a
    part, portion, a little, Armor. pez, Gael. & Ir. cuid part,
    share. Cf. {Petty}.]
    1. A fragment or part of anything separated from the whole,
    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.

    2. A definite portion or quantity, as of goods or work; as, a
    piece of broadcloth; a piece of wall paper.

    3. Any one thing conceived of as apart from other things of
    the same kind; an individual article; a distinct single
    effort of a series; a definite performance; especially:
    (a) A literary or artistic composition; as, a piece of
    poetry, music, or statuary.
    (b) A musket, gun, or cannon; as, a battery of six pieces;
    a following piece.
    (c) A coin; as, a sixpenny piece; -- formerly applied
    specifically to an English gold coin worth 22
    shillings.
    (d) A fact; an item; as, a piece of news; a piece of
    knowledge.

    4. An individual; -- applied to a person as being of a
    certain nature or quality; often, but not always, used
    slightingly or in contempt. ``If I had not been a piece of
    a logician before I came to him.'' --Sir P. Sidney.

    Thy mother was a piece of virtue. --Shak.

    His own spirit is as unsettled a piece as there is
    in all the world. --Coleridge.

    5. (Chess) One of the superior men, distinguished from a
    pawn.

    6. A castle; a fortified building. [Obs.] --Spenser.

    {Of a piece}, of the same sort, as if taken from the same
    whole; like; -- sometimes followed by with. --Dryden.

    {Piece of eight}, the Spanish piaster, formerly divided into
    eight reals.

    {To give a piece of one's mind to}, to speak plainly,
    bluntly, or severely to (another). --Thackeray.

    {Piece broker}, one who buys shreds and remnants of cloth to
    sell again.

    {Piece goods}, goods usually sold by pieces or fixed
    portions, as shirtings, calicoes, sheetings, and the like.

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