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• Patchwork — Patch work , n. Work composed of pieces sewed together, esp. pieces of various colors and figures; hence, anything put together of incongruous or ill adapted parts; something irregularly clumsily composed; a thing putched up. Swift. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Cento — Cen to, n.; pl. {Centos}. [L. cento a garment of several pieces sewed together, patchwork, a poem made up of various verses of another poem.] A literary or a musical composition formed by selections from different authors disposed in a new order …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Centos — Cento Cen to, n.; pl. {Centos}. [L. cento a garment of several pieces sewed together, patchwork, a poem made up of various verses of another poem.] A literary or a musical composition formed by selections from different authors disposed in a new… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• patchwork — patchworky, adj. /pach werrk /, n. 1. something made up of an incongruous variety of pieces or parts; hodgepodge: a patchwork of verse forms. 2. work made of pieces of cloth or leather of various colors or shapes sewed together, used esp. for… …   Universalium

• patch — patch1 patchable, adj. patcher, n. patchless, adj. /pach/, n. 1. a small piece of material used to mend a tear or break, to cover a hole, or to strengthen a weak place: patches at the elbows of a sports jacket. 2. a piece of material used to… …   Universalium

• patchwork — patch•work [[t]ˈpætʃˌwɜrk[/t]] n. 1) something made up of incongruous pieces or parts; mélange 2) clo work consisting of pieces of material of various colors or shapes sewed together, as for a quilt or cushion 3) cvb resembling a patchwork;… …   From formal English to slang

• home base — Plate Plate, n. [OF. plate a plate of metal, a cuirsas, F. plat a plate, a shallow vessel of silver, other metal, or earth, fr. plat flat, Gr. ?. See {Place}, n.] 1. A flat, or nearly flat, piece of metal, the thickness of which is small in… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Home plate — Plate Plate, n. [OF. plate a plate of metal, a cuirsas, F. plat a plate, a shallow vessel of silver, other metal, or earth, fr. plat flat, Gr. ?. See {Place}, n.] 1. A flat, or nearly flat, piece of metal, the thickness of which is small in… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• home plate — Plate Plate, n. [OF. plate a plate of metal, a cuirsas, F. plat a plate, a shallow vessel of silver, other metal, or earth, fr. plat flat, Gr. ?. See {Place}, n.] 1. A flat, or nearly flat, piece of metal, the thickness of which is small in… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Plate — Plate, n. [OF. plate a plate of metal, a cuirsas, F. plat a plate, a shallow vessel of silver, other metal, or earth, fr. plat flat, Gr. ?. See {Place}, n.] 1. A flat, or nearly flat, piece of metal, the thickness of which is small in comparison… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Plate armor — Plate Plate, n. [OF. plate a plate of metal, a cuirsas, F. plat a plate, a shallow vessel of silver, other metal, or earth, fr. plat flat, Gr. ?. See {Place}, n.] 1. A flat, or nearly flat, piece of metal, the thickness of which is small in… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English