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Webster 1913 Edition

Piecemeal

Piece′mealˊ

,
adv.
[OE.
pecemele
;
pece
a piece + AS.
m[GREEK]lum
, dat. pl. of
m[GREEK]l
part. See
Meal
a portion.]
1.
In pieces; in parts or fragments.
“On which it piecemeal brake.”
Chapman.
The beasts will tear thee
piecemeal
.
Tennyson.
2.
Piece by piece; by little and little in succession.
Piecemeal
they win, this acre first, than that.
Pope.

Piece′mealˊ

,
Adj.
Made up of parts or pieces; single; separate.
“These piecemeal guilts.”
Gov. of Tongue.

Piece′mealˊ

,
Noun.
A fragment; a scrap.
R. Vaughan.

Webster 1828 Edition

Piecemeal

PIE'CEMEAL

, adv.
1.
In pieces; in fragments.
On which it piecemeal broke.
2.
By pieces; by little and little in succession.
Piecemeal they win this acre first, then that.

PIE'CEMEAL

,
Adj.
Single; separate; made of parts or pieces.

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