See Also: parcel(medicine)
parcel(1)(dictionary)
parcel(2)(dictionary)
Parcel - Sailing(gambling)
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parcel bomb(dictionary)
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parcel 1, noun(dictionary)
parcel-gilt(dictionary)
PARCEL, estates(law)

parcel(2) (iou)



parcel verb trans. Infl. -ll-, *-l-. LME.
[from PARCEL noun, adverb, & adjective.]
Divide into or distribute in (small) portions. Usu. foll. by out. LME.
Harper Lee Jem parcelled out our roles. W. S. Churchill They..parcelled out the country into the eighty-six departments that still exist.
Nautical. Make (a caulked seam etc.) watertight with a covering of canvas strips daubed with pitch; wrap (a rope) round with parcelling. E17.
Make (up) into a parcel or parcels; wrap (up) as a parcel. L18.
J. Croll The mechanical art of weighing and parcelling up the tea.