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

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."

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."

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.

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Etymology of 'Parcelling'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Parcelling" Quotes from Famous Books

... yielding rent, and no tenants rendering service. The whole soil was unreclaimed from barbarism. They were themselves, either from their original condition, or from the necessity of their common interest, nearly on a general level in respect to property. Their situation demanded a parcelling out and division of the lands, and it may be fairly said, that this necessary act fixed the future frame and form of their government. The character of their political institutions was determined by the fundamental laws respecting property. The laws rendered estates divisible among sons and ...

— The Great Speeches and Orations of Daniel Webster • Daniel Webster

... he answered. "I reckon I was sleeping when I wakened here all tied up, and there were the four of them parcelling out the gold and talking among themselves quiet and easy. I let out a yell, and one of them—the stranger—came over and jammed something into my mouth—and there I was till you ...

— Colonial Born - A tale of the Queensland bush • G. Firth Scott