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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Parcel \Par"cel\, n. [F. parcelle a small part, fr. (assumed)
     LL. particella, dim. of L. pars. See Part, n., and cf.
     Particle.]
     1. A portion of anything taken separately; a fragment of a
        whole; a part. [Archaic] ``A parcel of her woe.''
        --Chaucer.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Two parcels of the white of an egg.   --Arbuthnot.
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              The parcels of the nation adopted different forms of
              self-government.                      --J. A.
                                                    Symonds.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. (Law) A part; a portion; a piece; as, a certain piece of
        land is part and parcel of another piece.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. An indiscriminate or indefinite number, measure, or
        quantity; a collection; a group.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              This youthful parcel
              Of noble bachelors stand at my disposing. --Shak.
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     4. A number or quantity of things put up together; a bundle;
        a package; a packet.
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              'Tis like a parcel sent you by the stage. --Cowper.
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     Bill of parcels. See under 6th Bill.
  
     Parcel office, an office where parcels are received for
        keeping or forwarding and delivery.
  
     Parcel post, that department of the post office concerned
        with the collection and transmission of parcels; also, the
        transmission through the parcel post deparment; as, to
        send a package by parcel post. See parcel post in the
        vocabulary.
  
     Part and parcel. See under Part.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Parcel \Par"cel\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Parceledor Parcelled;
     p. pr. & vb. n. Parceling or Parcelling.]
     [1913 Webster]
     1. To divide and distribute by parts or portions; -- often
        with out or into. ``Their woes are parceled, mine are
        general.'' --Shak.
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              These ghostly kings would parcel out my power.
                                                    --Dryden.
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              The broad woodland parceled into farms. --Tennyson.
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     2. To add a parcel or item to; to itemize. [R.]
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              That mine own servant should
              Parcel the sum of my disgraces by
              Addition of his envy.                 --Shak.
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     3. To make up into a parcel; as, to parcel a customer's
        purchases; the machine parcels yarn, wool, etc.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Parcel \Par"cel\, a. & adv.
     Part or half; in part; partially. --Shak. [Sometimes hyphened
     with the word following.]
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           The worthy dame was parcel-blind.        --Sir W.
                                                    Scott.
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           One that . . . was parcel-bearded [partially bearded].
                                                    --Tennyson.
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     Parcel poet, a half poet; a poor poet. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Parcel \Par"cel\, n. [F. parcelle a small part, fr. (assumed)
     LL. particella, dim. of L. pars. See Part, n., and cf.
     Particle.]
     1. A portion of anything taken separately; a fragment of a
        whole; a part. [Archaic] ``A parcel of her woe.''
        --Chaucer.
  
              Two parcels of the white of an egg.   --Arbuthnot.
  
              The parcels of the nation adopted different forms of
              self-government.                      --J. A.
                                                    Symonds.
  
     2. (Law) A part; a portion; a piece; as, a certain piece of
        land is part and parcel of another piece.
  
     3. An indiscriminate or indefinite number, measure, or
        quantity; a collection; a group.
  
              This youthful parcel Of noble bachelors stand at my
              disposing.                            --Shak.
  
     4. A number or quantity of things put up together; a bundle;
        a package; a packet.
  
              'Tis like a parcel sent you by the stage. --Cowper.
  
     Bill of parcels. See under 6th Bill.
  
     Parcel office, an office where parcels are received for
        keeping or forwarding and delivery.
  
     Parcel post, that department of the post office concerned
        with the collection and transmission of parcels.
  
     Part and parcel. See under Part.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Parcel \Par"cel\, a. & adv.
     Part or half; in part; partially. --Shak. [Sometimes hyphened
     with the word following.]
  
           The worthy dame was parcel-blind.        --Sir W.
                                                    Scott.
  
           One that . . . was parcel-bearded [partially bearded].
                                                    --Tennyson.
  
     Parcel poet, a half poet; a poor poet. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  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]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  parcel
     Αγγλικά n.
     1 το δέμα (πακέτο)
     2 τμήμα γης, οικόπεδο
     3 αδιευκρίνιστος αριθμός ή ποσότητα, σύνολο, ομάδα
     Αγγλικά vb.
     φτιάχνω ένα δέμα, τυλίγω κάτι σε δέμα γιανα το στείλω

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  parcel
     Danish n.
     1 (l en parcel), (l en lot) (q: subdivided piece of land registred
  independently in official records)
     2 (lb da informal) detached house
     Portuguese n.
     a shoal, a sandbank

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  parcel
     adv.
     (lb en obsolete) Part or half; in part; partially.
     n.
     A package wrapped for shipment.
     vb.
     1 To wrap something up into the form of a package.
     2 To wrap a strip around the end of a rope.
     3 To divide and distribute by parts or portions; often with ''off'',
  ''out'' or ''into''.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  parcel
     Danish n.
     1 (l en parcel), (l en lot) (q: subdivided piece of land registred
  independently in official records)
     2 (lb da informal) detached house
     Portuguese n.
     a shoal, a sandbank

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  parcel
     Danish n.
     1 (l en parcel), (l en lot) (q: subdivided piece of land registred
  independently in official records)
     2 (lb da informal) detached house
     Portuguese n.
     a shoal, a sandbank

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  parcel
     Englanti n.
     1 paketti, käärö
     2 palsta, lohko
     Englanti vb.
     (yhteys merenkulku k=en) kääriä pakettiin

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  parcel
     Engelska n.
     (tagg kat=postväsen språk=en) paket
     Engelska vb.
     paketera

From English-Afrikaans FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-afr ]


  parcel /pˈɑːsəl/
  pakkie

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Parcel /pˈɑːsəl/
  الحزمة

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  parcel //ˈpɑɹsəl// /[ˈpʰaː.səɫ]/ /[ˈpʰɑɹ.səɫ]/ /[ˈpʰɑː.səɫ]/ 
  коле́т, паке́т
  package wrapped for shipment

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  parcel //ˈpɑɹsəl// /[ˈpʰaː.səɫ]/ /[ˈpʰɑɹ.səɫ]/ /[ˈpʰɑː.səɫ]/ 
  пакетирам
  to wrap into a package

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  parcel /pˈɑːsəl/ 
  balíček

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  parcel /pˈɑːsəl/ 
  balík

From Eurfa Saesneg, English-Welsh Eurfa/Freedict dictionary ver. 0.2.3 : [ freedict:eng-cym ]


  parcel /pˈɑːsəl/ 
  parsel