division, ward; subdivision, section; chapter, clause, count,
paragraph, verse; article, passage; sector, segment; fraction,
fragment; cantle, frustum; detachment, parcel.
piece [Fr.], lump, bit cut, cutting; chip, chunk, collop†, slice,
scale; lamina &c 204; small part; morsel, particle &c (smallness) 32;
installment, dividend; share &c (allotment) 786.
debris, odds and ends, oddments, detritus; excerpta†; member, limb,
lobe, lobule, arm, wing, scion, branch, bough, joint, link, offshoot,
ramification, twig, bush, spray, sprig; runner; leaf, leaflet; stump;
component part &c 56; sarmentum†.
compartment; department &c (class) 75; county &c (region) 181.
V. part, divide, break &c (disjoin) 44; partition &c (apportion) 786.
Adj. fractional, fragmentary; sectional, aliquot; divided &c v.; in
compartments, multifid†; disconnected; partial.
Adv. partly, in part, partially; piecemeal, part by part; by by
installments, by snatches, by inches, by driblets; bit by bit, inch by
inch, foot by foot, drop by drop; in detail, in lots.