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Parcel
Definitions
- 1 Part or half; in part; partially. not-comparable, obsolete
"Thou didst swear to me upon a parcel-gilt goblet […]"
- 1 A package wrapped for shipment.
"I saw a brown paper parcel on my doorstep."
- 2 the allotment of some amount by dividing something wordnet
- 3 An individual consignment of cargo for shipment, regardless of size and form.
- 4 a wrapped container wordnet
- 5 An individual item appearing on an invoice or receipt (only in the phrase bill of parcels).
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- 6 a collection of things wrapped or boxed together wordnet
- 7 A division of land bought and sold as a unit.
"I own a small parcel of land between the refinery and the fish cannery."
- 8 an extended area of land wordnet
- 9 A group of birds. obsolete
- 10 An indiscriminate or indefinite number, measure, or quantity; a collection; a group.
"[…] this youthful parcel / Of noble bachelors stand at my bestowing,"
- 11 A small amount of food that has been wrapped up, for example a pastry.
- 12 A portion of anything taken separately; a fragment of a whole; a part.
"A certain piece of land is part and parcel of another piece."
- 1 To wrap something up into the form of a package.
- 2 make into a wrapped container wordnet
- 3 To wrap a strip around the end of a rope.
"Worm and parcel with the lay; turn and serve the other way."
- 4 cover with strips of canvas wordnet
- 5 To divide and distribute by parts or portions; often with off, out or into.
"Their woes are parcell’d, mine are general."
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- 6 divide into parts wordnet
- 7 To add a parcel or item to; to itemize.
"[…] that mine own servant should / Parcel the sum of my disgraces by / Addition of his envy!"
Etymology
From Middle English parcel, from Old French parcelle (“a small piece or part, a parcel, a particle”), from Late Latin particella, diminutive of Latin particula (“particle”), diminutive of partem (“part, piece”). Doublet of particle.
From Middle English parcel, from Old French parcelle (“a small piece or part, a parcel, a particle”), from Late Latin particella, diminutive of Latin particula (“particle”), diminutive of partem (“part, piece”). Doublet of particle.
From Middle English parcel, from Old French parcelle (“a small piece or part, a parcel, a particle”), from Late Latin particella, diminutive of Latin particula (“particle”), diminutive of partem (“part, piece”). Doublet of particle.
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