Piece"meal` (?), adv. [OE. pecemele; pece a piece + AS. mlum, dat. pl. of ml part. See Meal a portion.] 1. In pieces; in parts or fragments. "On which it piecemeal brake."
Chapman.
The beasts will tear thee piecemeal.
Tennyson.
2. Piece by piece; by little and little in succession.
Piecemeal they win, this acre first, than that.
Pope.
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Piece"meal`, a. Made up of parts or pieces; single; separate. "These piecemeal guilts."
Gov. of Tongue.
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Piece"meal`, n. A fragment; a scrap.
R. Vaughan.
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