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PARCEL
parcel, portion, share
(noun) the allotment of some amount by dividing something; “death gets more than its share of attention from theologians”
package, parcel
(noun) a wrapped container
package, bundle, packet, parcel
(noun) a collection of things wrapped or boxed together
tract, piece of land, piece of ground, parcel of land, parcel
(noun) an extended area of land
parcel
(verb) make into a wrapped container
parcel
(verb) cover with strips of canvas; “parcel rope”
parcel
(verb) divide into parts; “The developers parceled the land”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
parcel (plural parcels)
A package wrapped for shipment.
Synonym: package
An individual consignment of cargo for shipment, regardless of size and form.
A division of land bought and sold as a unit.
Synonym: plot
(obsolete) A group of birds.
An indiscriminate or indefinite number, measure, or quantity; a collection; a group.
A small amount of food that has been wrapped up, for example a pastry.
A portion of anything taken separately; a fragment of a whole; a part.
Verb
parcel (third-person singular simple present parcels, present participle parcelling or parceling, simple past and past participle parcelled or parceled)
To wrap something up into the form of a package.
To wrap a strip around the end of a rope.
To divide and distribute by parts or portions; often with out or into.
To add a parcel or item to; to itemize.
Adverb
parcel (not comparable)
(obsolete) Part or half; in part; partially.
Anagrams
• Placer, carpel, craple, placer
Source: Wiktionary
Par"cel, n. Etym: [F. parcelle a small part, fr. (assumed) LL. particella, dim. of L. pars. See Part, n., and cf. Particle.]
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. (Law)
Definition: A part; a portion; a piece; as, a certain piece of land is part and parcel of another piece.
3. An indiscriminate or indefinite number, measure, or quantity; a collection; a group. This youthful parcel Of noble bachelors stand at my disposing. Shak.
4. 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.
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.
Par"cel, a. & adv.
Definition: 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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