PARCHMENT

Parchment

Parchment is a material made from animal skin; often calfskin, sheepskin or goatskin, . Its most common use was as a material for writing on, for documents, notes, or the pages of a book, codex or manuscript. Parchment is limed, scraped and dried under tension. It is not tanned; therefore, it is very reactive to changes in relative humidity and will revert to rawhide if overly wet.

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parchment

Noun

  1. A material, made from the polished skin of a calf, sheep, goat or other animal, used like paper for writing.
  2. A document made on such material.
  3. A diploma (traditionally written on parchment).
  4. Stiff paper imitating that material.
  5. The creamy to tanned color of parchment.
  6. The envelope of the coffee grains, inside the pulp.


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