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noun

Parcel n.

1.

A portion of anything taken separately; a fragment of a whole; a part. (Archaic) "A parcel of her woe." "Two parcels of the white of an egg." "The parcels of the nation adopted different forms of self-government."

2.

(Law) 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."

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."

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; also, the transmission through the parcel post deparment; as, to send a package by parcel post. See parcel post in the vocabulary.

Part and parcel. See under Part.

verb

Parcel v. t. (past & past part. parceled or parcelled; pres. part. parceling or parcelling)

1.

To divide and distribute by parts or portions; often with out or into. "Their woes are parceled, mine are general." "These ghostly kings would parcel out my power." "The broad woodland parceled into farms."

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."

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.

To parcel a seam (Naut.), to cover it with a strip of tarred canvas.

adjective

Parcel adj., adv. Part or half; in part; partially. (Sometimes hyphened with the word following.) "The worthy dame was parcel-blind." "One that... was parcel-bearded (partially bearded)."

Parcel poet, a half poet; a poor poet. (Obs.)

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Etymology of 'Parcel'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Parcel" Quotes from Famous Books

... ground that any one who can obtain a joint for love or money must be an aristocrat who is getting more than his share. I met a lady early this morning, who used to be most fashionable. She was walking along with a parcel under her shawl, and six dogs were following her. She asked me to drive them away, but they declined to go. I could not understand their sudden affection for my fair friend, until she confided to me that she had two pounds ...

— Diary of the Besieged Resident in Paris • Henry Labouchere

... Some evenings previously, when Mary and Angus had gone out for a walk together, he had taken the opportunity to disburden his "workman's coat" of all the banknotes contained in the lining, and, folding them up in one parcel, had put them in a sealed envelope, which envelope he marked in a certain fashion, enclosing it in the larger envelope which contained his will. In the same way he made a small, neatly sealed packet of the "collection" made for him at the "Trusty Man" by poor ...

— The Treasure of Heaven - A Romance of Riches • Marie Corelli

... He had a parcel under his arm; he opened it and, carefully placing its contents on the table, he sat down in front of it and contemplated it for a ...

— The Grip of Desire • Hector France

... would I have liked to see you and discuss with you about things of Spain and other gypsy lore and fancy topics, but of which at present nothing do I understand. I shall not fail to take with me the papers and documents which you kindly sent me to Cheltenham. I will make them into a parcel and leave them with Messrs. Murray, so that you can send for them whenever you like. I shall do my best to penetrate those mysteries and that strange people. Mr. Murray, junior, writes in a pleased tone respecting The Bible in Spain. I should like to write an article on a subject ...

— George Borrow and His Circle - Wherein May Be Found Many Hitherto Unpublished Letters Of - Borrow And His Friends • Clement King Shorter

... she thought of you still; but it was necessary that you should not know she was in Paris. I had the package conveyed to a friend of mine in Dresden, and desired him to remove the envelope and send the parcel to Bordeaux, though you were in Paris at the time. It would not have been prudent to let you suspect that Mademoiselle Madeleine was aware of your sojourn in the metropolis. But, when the postmark induced Maurice to start ...

— Fairy Fingers - A Novel • Anna Cora Mowatt Ritchie

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