Category:Parchment

Parch"ment, n. Etym: [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. But here's a parchment with the seal of cæsar. Shak.

2. The envelope of the coffee grains, inside the pulp. Parchment Paper. See papyrine.

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Parchment - A skin prepared for writing on; so called from Pergamos (q.v.), where this was first done (Ti2 4:13).