What is "parcelled"

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.

alt. (context British English) (en-past of: parcel) vb. (context British English) (en-past of: parcel)

1. n. 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]

5. [also: parcelling, parcelled]

1. v. divide into parts; "The developers parceled the land"

2. cover with strips of canvas; "parcel rope"

3. make into a wrapped container

4. [also: parcelling, parcelled]

See parcel