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• parchment paper — noun : vegetable parchment * * * a waterproof and grease resistant paper produced by treating ordinary paper with concentrated sulfuric acid. [1855 60] * * * parchment paper noun Unsized paper made tough and transparent by dipping in sulphuric… …   Useful english dictionary

• Parchment — For other uses, see Parchment (disambiguation). Central European (Northern) type of finished parchment made of goatskin stretched on a wooden frame Parchment is a thin material made from calfskin, sheepskin or goatskin, often split. Its most… …   Wikipedia

• Parchment repair — The repair and mending of parchment has taken place for thousands of years. Methods from the earliest hand stiching of tears to today s use of modern equipment to mend and fill parchment show the importance we have placed on its preservation and… …   Wikipedia

• Parchment paper — Paper Pa per (p[=a] p[ e]r), n. [F. papier, fr. L. papyrus papyrus, from which the Egyptians made a kind of paper, Gr. pa pyros. Cf. {Papyrus}.] 1. A substance in the form of thin sheets or leaves intended to be written or printed on, or to be… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• parchment — noun a) A material, made from the polished skin of a calf, sheep, goat or other animal, used like paper for writing. b) A document made on such material. Syn: vegetal parchment …   Wiktionary

• parch´ment|like´ — parch|ment «PAHRCH muhnt», noun. 1. the skin of sheep, goats or other animals, prepared for use as a writing material. 2. a manuscript or document written on parchment: »a parchment with the seal of Caesar (Shakespeare). 3. paper that looks like… …   Useful english dictionary

• Vegetable parchment — Vegetable Veg e*ta*ble, a. [F. v[ e]g[ e]table growing, capable of growing, formerly also, as a noun, a vegetable, from L. vegetabilis enlivening, from vegetare to enliven, invigorate, quicken, vegetus enlivened, vigorous, active, vegere to… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• scroll´-like´ — scroll «skrohl», noun, verb. –n. 1. a) a roll of parchment, paper or other material, especially one with writing on it: »He slowly unrolled the scroll as he read from it. b) a list, as of names or events; roll; schedule: »Figurative. to be… …   Useful english dictionary

• papyraceous — Like parchment or paper. [L. papyraceus, made of papyrus] * * * pap·y·ra·ceous .pap ə rā shəs adj of, relating to, or being the flattened remains of one of twin fetuses which has died in the uterus and been compressed by the growth of the other * …   Medical dictionary

• Witness accounts of the Roswell UFO incident — Follows are excerpts of witness accounts of the Roswell UFO incident.In 1978, author Stanton T. Friedman interviewed Jesse Marcel, who voiced his suspicion that debris he recovered on a ranch near Roswell in 1947 was not of this world. Over the… …   Wikipedia

• parch|ment — «PAHRCH muhnt», noun. 1. the skin of sheep, goats or other animals, prepared for use as a writing material. 2. a manuscript or document written on parchment: »a parchment with the seal of Caesar (Shakespeare). 3. paper that looks like parchment,… …   Useful english dictionary