Hypertext Webster Gateway: "parcelling"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Parcel \Par"cel\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Parceled}or {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.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

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


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