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Parceled

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.

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parceled

alt. (en-past of: parcel) vb. (en-past of: parcel)