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parceled |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Parcel \Par"cel\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Parceled}or {Parcelled}; p. pr & vb n. {Parceling} or {Parcelling}.] 1. 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. 2. 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. 3. 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.
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