Category:Piecemeal

Piece"meal`, adv. Etym: [oe. pecemele; pece a piece + as. m, dat. pl. Of m 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.

Piecemeal Piece"meal`, a.

Defn: made up of parts or pieces; single; separate. "these piecemeal Guilts." Gov. of tongue.

Piecemeal Piece"meal`, n.

Defn: a fragment; a scrap. R. Vaughan.