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A parchment which has been written upon twice, the first writing having been erased to make place for the second.

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  1. n. A parchment which has been written upon twice, the first writing having been erased to make place for the second.
  2. n. a manuscript (usually written on papyrus or parchment) on which more than one text has been written with the earlier writing incompletely erased and still visible
  3. A parchment which has been written upon twice, the first writing having been erased to make place for the second. Longfellow.
  4. A parchment which has been written upon twice, the firstwriting having been erased to make place for the second. Longfellow.
  5. n:100 n. a manuscript (usually written on papyrus or parchment) on which more than one text has been written with the earlier writing incompletely erased and still visible