Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Parcel \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.'' --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.