Parcelling










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Parcel \Par"cel\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Parceledor 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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parcelling
n 1: 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,
parcelling, assignation]

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