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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

P`ARCEL, n. [L. particula, particle, from pars, part.]
1. A part; a portion of any thing taken separately.
The same experiments succeed on two parcels of the white of an egg.
2. A quantity; any mass.
3. A part belonging to a whole; as in law, one piece of ground is part and parcel of a greater piece.
4. A small bundle or package of goods.
5. A number of persons; on contempt.
6. A number or quantity; in contempt; as a parcel of fair words.
P`ARCEL, v.t. To divide into parts or portions; as, to parcel an estate among heirs.
These ghostly kings would parcel out my power.
1. To make up into a mass. [Little used.]
To parcel a seam, in seamen's language, to lay canvas over it and daub it with pitch.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a wrapped container [syn: package, parcel]
2: the allotment of some amount by dividing something; "death gets more than its share of attention from theologians" [syn: parcel, portion, share]
3: an extended area of land [syn: tract, piece of land, piece of ground, parcel of land, parcel]
4: a collection of things wrapped or boxed together [syn: package, bundle, packet, parcel] v
1: divide into parts; "The developers parceled the land"
2: cover with strips of canvas; "parcel rope"
3: make into a wrapped container

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French parcele, from Vulgar Latin *particella, from Latin particula small part — more at particle Date: 14th century 1. a. fragment, portion b. a volume of a fluid (as air) considered as a single entity within a greater volume of the same fluid 2. a tract or plot of land 3. a company, collection, or group of persons, animals, or things ; lot <the whole story was a parcel of lies> 4. a. a wrapped bundle ; package b. a unit of salable merchandise II. adverb Date: 15th century archaic partly III. adjective Date: 15th century part-time, partial IV. transitive verb (-celed or -celled; -celing or parcelling) Date: 15th century 1. to divide into parts ; distribute — often used with out 2. to make up into a parcel ; wrap 3. to cover (as a rope) with strips of canvas or tape

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. & v. --n. 1 a goods etc. wrapped up in a single package. b a bundle of things wrapped up, usu. in paper. 2 a piece of land, esp. as part of an estate. 3 a quantity dealt with in one commercial transaction. 4 archaic part. --v.tr. (parcelled, parcelling; US parceled, parceling) 1 (foll. by up) wrap as a parcel. 2 (foll. by out) divide into portions. 3 cover (rope) with strips of canvas. Phrases and idioms: parcel post the branch of the postal service dealing with parcels. Etymology: ME f. OF parcelle ult. f. L particula (as PART)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Parcel Par"cel, n. [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) 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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Parcel Par"cel, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Parceledor 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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Parcel Par"cel, a. & adv. 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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(parcels) 1. A parcel is something wrapped in paper, usually so that it can be sent to someone by post. (mainly BRIT; in AM, usually use package) ...parcels of food and clothing... He had a large brown paper parcel under his left arm. N-COUNT 2. A parcel of land is a piece of land. These small parcels of land were purchased for the most part by local people. N-COUNT: N of n 3. If you say that something is part and parcel of something else, you are emphasizing that it is involved or included in it. Payment was part and parcel of carrying on insurance business within the UK... PHRASE: v-link PHR, usu PHR of n [emphasis]

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

par'-sel: Properly "a little part," in Elizabethan English being used in almost any sense. In the King James Version of Ge 33:19; Jos 24:32; Ru 4:3; 1Ch 11:13,14 it is the translation of chelqah; Joh 4:5 of chorion--both the Greek and Hebrew words meaning a "piece of land." the Revised Version (British and American) writes "plot" in 1Ch 11:13,14, but if the change was needed at all, it should have been made throughout.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

I. n. 1. Bundle, package, packet, budget. 2. Set, lot, batch, collection, group. 3. (Law.) Piece, part, portion, tract, plot, patch. II. v. a. Divide, distribute, apportion, deal out, allot. III. a. Part, half, in part.

Moby Thesaurus

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