Of a piece, of the same sort, as if taken from the same whole; like; --
sometimes followed by with. Dryden. -- Piece of eight, the Spanish
piaster, formerly divided into eight reals. -- To give a piece of one's
mind to, to speak plainly, bluntly, or severely to (another).
Thackeray. -- Piece broker, one who buys shreds and remnants of cloth
to sell again. -- Piece goods, goods usually sold by pieces or fixed
portions, as shirtings, calicoes, sheetings, and the like.
Piece, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pieced (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Piecing (?).] 1.
To make, enlarge, or repair, by the addition of a piece or pieces; to
patch; as, to piece a garment; -- often with out. Shak.