Parchment \Parch"ment\ (p[aum]rch"ment), n. [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 C[ae]sar. --Shak.
2. The envelope of the coffee grains, inside the pulp.
{Parchment paper}. See {Papyrine}.
Getting a letter from her, however, can be disconcerting; her stationery is gloomy parchment with a black-ink skull in the corner.
Wear is obvious where fingertips turned the parchment pages.
German immigrants played a major part in the development of the continent and in the building of the U.S. Jacob Shallus, the scribe who 200 years ago copied the text of the American Constitution onto parchment, was a son of German immigrants.
'Her once translucent skin is parchment.
The book was in very bad condition when it was found in November 1984, saturated with water and salt, and around 490 parchment pages were stuck together in a heap between wooden covers.
The splendid drawings, done in pen and ink or silverpoint on parchment, include a tender 1633 portrait of his first wife, Saskia, in a straw hat.
Among the titled heads who have received imitation parchment invitations and plan to attend are the lord and lady of the manor of Croughton, Northhamptonshire.
The fireworks continue on "Constitution Day," Sept. 17, commemorating the occasion when 39 delegates put their pens to the parchment in Independence Hall.
In a demonstration lasting barely an hour, she created a 70th painting, dashing barefoot, brush in hand, from end to end of a 3-by 6-foot parchment laid on a floor.