2. Piece by piece; by little and little in succession.

Piecemeal they win, this acre first, than that.

Pope.

Piece"meal`, a. Made up of parts or pieces; single; separate. "These

piecemeal guilts." Gov. of Tongue.

Piece"meal`, n. A fragment; a scrap. R. Vaughan.

Piece"mealed` (?), a. Divided into pieces.

Piece"ner (?), n. 1. One who supplies rolls of wool to the slubbing

machine in woolen mills.

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