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.”
    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.


 parcel
      n 1: 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]
      v 1: divide into parts; "The developers parceled the land"
      2: cover with strips of canvas; "parcel rope"
      3: make into a wrapped container
      [also: parcelling, parcelled]


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


 parcelling
      See parcel