in matters of money, signifies sometimes the same thing with species; and sometimes, by adding the value of the pieces, it is used to express such as have no other particular name. For the piece of eight, or piastre, see Money Table.

Piece, is also a kind of money of account, or rather manner of accounting, used among the negroes on the coast of Angola in Africa. See Money Table.

Heraldry, denotes an ordinary or charge. The honourable pieces of the shield are the chief, fess, bend, pale, bar, cross, saltier, chevron, and in general all those which may take up one-third of the field, when alone, and in what mannersoever it be. See Heraldry.