Hypertext Webster Gateway: "pieced"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Piece \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.
2. To unite; to join; to combine. --Fuller.
His adversaries . . . pieced themselves together in
a joint opposition against him. --Fuller.
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