The worthy dame was parcel-blind. --Sir W.
Scott.
[1913 Webster]
One that . . . was parcel-bearded [partially bearded].
--Tennyson.
[1913 Webster]
{Parcel poet}, a half poet; a poor poet. [Obs.] --B. Jonson. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
Parcel — Par cel, a. & adv. Part or half; in part; partially. Shak. [Sometimes hyphened with the word following.] [1913 Webster] The worthy dame was parcel blind. Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster] One that . . . was parcel bearded [partially bearded]. Tennyson … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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