Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.