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par·cel·ing       [pahr-suh-ling] Pronunciation Key
–noun
1.the act of separating or dividing into parts and distributing; allotting or apportioning.
2.Nautical. strips of canvas, usually coated with tar, for wrapping around a rope to protect it.
[Origin: 1400–50; late ME; see parcel, -ing1]
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par·cel       [pahr-suhl] Pronunciation Key noun, verb, -celed, -cel·ing or (especially British) -celled, -cel·ling, adverb
–noun
1.an object, article, container, or quantity of something wrapped or packed up; small package; bundle.
2.a quantity or unit of something, as of a commodity for sale; lot.
3.a group, collection, or assemblage of persons or things.
4.a distinct, continuous portion or tract of land.
5.a part, portion, or fragment.
–verb (used with object)
6.to divide into or distribute in parcels or portions (usually fol. by out).
7.to make into a parcel or wrap as a parcel.
8.Nautical. to cover or wrap (a rope) with strips of canvas.
–adverb
9.Archaic. in part; partially.
[Origin: 1275–1325; ME < MF parcelle < LL *particella, fresh formation for L particula; see particle, passel]

—Synonyms 1. See package. 3. batch, assortment. 6. mete, apportion, deal, allot.
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par·cel       (pär'səl)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. Something wrapped up or packaged; a package.
  2. A plot of land, usually a division of a larger area.
  3. A quantity of merchandise offered for sale.
  4. A group or company; a pack: "this youthful parcel of noble bachelors" (Shakespeare).

tr.v.   par·celed also par·celled, par·cel·ing also par·cel·ling, par·cels also par·cels
  1. To divide into parts and distribute: parceled out the land to their three children.
  2. To make into a parcel; package.
  3. Nautical To wind protective strips of canvas around (rope).


[Middle English, from Old French, portion, from Vulgar Latin *particella, diminutive of Latin particula, diminutive of pars, part-, part; see perə-2 in Indo-European roots.]

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parceling

noun
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] 

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Parceling

Par"cel*ing\, n. [Written also parcelling.]

1. The act of dividing and distributing in portions or parts.

2. (Naut.) Long, narrow slips of canvas daubed with tar and wound about a rope like a bandage, before it is served; used, also, in mousing on the stayes, etc.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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