Parcelling

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Parcel \Par"cel\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Parceled}or {Parcelled};
     p. pr. & vb. n. {Parceling} or {Parcelling}.]
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     1. To divide and distribute by parts or portions; -- often
        with out or into. "Their woes are parceled, mine are
        general." --Shak.


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              These ghostly kings would parcel out my power.
                                                    --Dryden.
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              The broad woodland parceled into farms. --Tennyson.
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     2. To add a parcel or item to; to itemize. [R.]
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              That mine own servant should
              Parcel the sum of my disgraces by
              Addition of his envy.                 --Shak.
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     3. To make up into a parcel; as, to parcel a customer's
        purchases; the machine parcels yarn, wool, etc.
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     {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.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  parcel
       n 1: a wrapped container [syn: {package}]
       2: the result of parcelling out or sharing; "death gets more
          than its share of attention from theologicans" [syn: {portion},
           {share}]
       3: an extended area of land [syn: {tract}, {piece of land}, {piece
          of ground}, {parcel of land}]
       4: a collection of things wrapped or boxed together [syn: {package},
           {bundle}, {packet}]
       v 1: divide into parts; "The developers parceled the land"
       2: cover with strips of canvas; "parcel rope"
       3: make into a wrapped container
       [also: {parcelling}, {parcelled}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  parcelling
       n : the act of distributing by allotting or apportioning;
           distribution according to a plan; "the apportionment of
           seats in the House of Representatives is based on the
           relative population of each state" [syn: {allotment}, {apportionment},
            {apportioning}, {allocation}, {parceling}, {assignation}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  parcelling
       See {parcel}