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  3  definitions  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. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Parceling  \Par"cel*ing\,  n.  [Written  also  parcelling.] 
  1.  The  act  of  dividing  and  distributing  in  portions  or  parts 
 
  2.  (Naut.)  Long,  narrow  slips  of  canvas  daubed  with  tar  and 
  wound  about  a  rope  like  a  bandage,  before  it  is  served; 
  used  also  in  mousing  on  the  stayes,  etc 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  parceling 
  n  :  the  act  of  distributing  by  allotting  or  apportioning;  "the 
  apportionment  of  seats  in  the  House  of  Representatives  is 
  based  on  the  relative  populaton  of  each  state"  [syn:  {allotment}, 
  {apportionment},  {apportioning},  {allocation},  {parcelling}] 




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