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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.
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              Bring it out piece by piece.          --Ezek. xxiv.
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     2. A definite portion or quantity, as of goods or work; as, a
        piece of broadcloth; a piece of wall paper.
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     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.
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     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.
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              Thy mother was a piece of virtue.     --Shak.
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              His own spirit is as unsettled a piece as there is
              in all the world.                     --Coleridge.
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     5. (Chess) One of the superior men, distinguished from a
        pawn.
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     6. A castle; a fortified building. [Obs.] --Spenser.
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     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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     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.

  of a piece
     prep.phr.
     1 (lb en idiomatic) Of the same kind.
     2 (&lit en of a piece)

  of a piece
     prep.phr.
     1 (lb en idiomatic) Of the same kind.
     2 (&lit en of a piece)

  of a piece
     prep.phr.
     1 (lb en idiomatic) Of the same kind.
     2 (&lit en of a piece)

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