- Parceling
- Parcel Par"cel, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Parceled}or {Parcelled};
p. pr. & vb. n. {Parceling} or {Parcelling}.]
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1. To divide and distribute by parts or portions; -- often
with out or into. ``Their woes are parceled, mine are
general.'' --Shak.
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These ghostly kings would parcel out my power. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
The broad woodland parceled into farms. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]
2. To add a parcel or item to; to itemize. [R.] [1913 Webster]
That mine own servant should Parcel the sum of my disgraces by Addition of his envy. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
3. To make up into a parcel; as, to parcel a customer's purchases; the machine parcels yarn, wool, etc. [1913 Webster]
{To parcel a rope} (Naut.), to wind strips of tarred canvas tightly arround it. --Totten.
{To parcel a seam} (Naut.), to cover it with a strip of tarred canvas. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
