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P`ARCEL, n. [L. particula, particle, from pars, part.]

1. A part; a portion of any thing taken separately.

The same experiments succeed on two parcels of the white of an egg.

2. A quantity; any mass.

3. A part belonging to a whole; as in law, one piece of ground is part and parcel of a greater piece.

4. A small bundle or package of goods.

5. A number of persons; on contempt.

6. A number or quantity; in contempt; as a parcel of fair words.

P`ARCEL, v.t. To divide into parts or portions; as, to parcel an estate among heirs.

These ghostly kings would parcel out my power.

1. To make up into a mass. [Little used.]

To parcel a seam, in seamen's language, to lay canvas over it and daub it with pitch.



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P`ARCEL, n. [L. particula, particle, from pars, part.]

1. A part; a portion of any thing taken separately.

The same experiments succeed on two parcels of the white of an egg.

2. A quantity; any mass.

3. A part belonging to a whole; as in law, one piece of ground is part and parcel of a greater piece.

4. A small bundle or package of goods.

5. A number of persons; on contempt.

6. A number or quantity; in contempt; as a parcel of fair words.

P`ARCEL, v.t. To divide into parts or portions; as, to parcel an estate among heirs.

These ghostly kings would parcel out my power.

1. To make up into a mass. [Little used.]

To parcel a seam, in seamen's language, to lay canvas over it and daub it with pitch.


PAR'CEL, n. [Fr. parcelle, contracted probably from L. particula, particle, from pars, part.]

  1. A part; a portion of any thing taken separately. The same experiments succeed on two parcels of the white of an egg. – Arbuthnot.
  2. A quantity; any mass. – Newton.
  3. A part belonging to a whole; as in law, one piece of ground is part and parcel of a greater piece.
  4. A small bundle or package of goods.
  5. A number of persons; in contempt. – Shak.
  6. A number or quantity; in contempt; as, a parcel of fair words. – L'Estrange.

PAR'CEL, v.t.

  1. To divide into parts or portions; as, to parcel an estate among heirs. These ghastly kings would parcel out my power. – Dryden.
  2. To make up into a mass. [Little used.] – Shak. To parcel a seam, in seamen's language, to lay canvas over it and daub it with pitch. – Mar. Dict.

Par"cel
  1. A portion of anything taken separately; a fragment of a whole; a part.

    [Archaic] "A parcel of her woe." Chaucer.

    Two parcels of the white of an egg. Arbuthnot.

    The parcels of the nation adopted different forms of self-government. J. A. Symonds.

  2. To divide and distribute by parts or portions] -- often with out or into.

    "Their woes are parceled, mine are general." Shak.

    These ghostly kings would parcel out my power. Dryden.

    The broad woodland parceled into farms. Tennyson.

  3. Part or half] in part; partially. Shak. [Sometimes hyphened with the word following.]

    The worthy dame was parcel-blind. Sir W. Scott.

    One that . . . was parcel-bearded [partially bearded]. Tennyson.

    Parcel poet, a half poet; a poor poet. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

  4. A part; a portion; a piece; as, a certain piece of land is part and parcel of another piece.
  5. To add a parcel or item to; to itemize.

    [R.]

    That mine own servant should
    Parcel the sum of my disgraces by
    Addition of his envy.     Shak.

  6. An indiscriminate or indefinite number, measure, or quantity; a collection; a group.

    This youthful parcel
    Of noble bachelors stand at my disposing.     Shak.

  7. To make up into a parcel; as, to parcel a customer's purchases; the machine parcels yarn, wool, etc.

    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.

  8. A number or quantity of things put up together; a bundle; a package; a packet.

    'Tis like a parcel sent you by the stage. Cowper.

    Bill of parcels. See under 6th Bill. -- Parcel office, an office where parcels are received for keeping or forwarding and delivery. -- Parcel post, that department of the post office concerned with the collection and transmission of parcels. -- Part and parcel. See under Part.

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Parcel

P'ARCEL, noun [Latin particula, particle, from pars, part.]

1. A part; a portion of any thing taken separately.

The same experiments succeed on two parcels of the white of an egg.

2. A quantity; any mass.

3. A part belonging to a whole; as in law, one piece of ground is part and parcel of a greater piece.

4. A small bundle or package of goods.

5. A number of persons; on contempt.

6. A number or quantity; in contempt; as a parcel of fair words.

P'ARCEL, verb transitive To divide into parts or portions; as, to parcel an estate among heirs.

These ghostly kings would parcel out my power.

1. To make up into a mass. [Little used.]

To parcel a seam, in seamen's language, to lay canvas over it and daub it with pitch.

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