| slovo | definícia |
parcel
(mass) | parcel
- balík |
parcel
(encz) | parcel,balíček n: |
parcel
(encz) | parcel,balík n: |
Parcel
(gcide) | Parcel \Par"cel\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Parceledor Parcelled;
p. pr. & vb. n. Parceling or Parcelling.]
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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.
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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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Parcel
(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.
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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.
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2. (Law) A part; a portion; a piece; as, a certain piece of
land is part and parcel of another piece.
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3. An indiscriminate or indefinite number, measure, or
quantity; a collection; a group.
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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.
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Parcel
(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.
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parcel
(wn) | parcel
n 1: a wrapped container [syn: package, parcel]
2: the allotment of some amount by dividing something; "death
gets more than its share of attention from theologians" [syn:
parcel, portion, share]
3: an extended area of land [syn: tract, piece of land,
piece of ground, parcel of land, parcel]
4: a collection of things wrapped or boxed together [syn:
package, bundle, packet, parcel]
v 1: divide into parts; "The developers parceled the land"
2: cover with strips of canvas; "parcel rope"
3: make into a wrapped container |
PARCEL
(bouvier) | PARCEL, estates. Apart of the estate. 1 Com. Dig. Abatement, H 511 p. 133; 5
Com. Dig. Grant, E 10, p. 545. To parcel is to divide an estate. Bac, Ab.
Conditions, 0.
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| | podobné slovo | definícia |
parcelling
(mass) | parcelling
- rozdeliť |
parcela
(msas) | parcela
- lot |
parcela
(msasasci) | parcela
- lot |
be part and parcel of
(encz) | be part and parcel of,patřit k web |
be part and parcel of st
(encz) | be part and parcel of st,být nedílnou součástí něčeho |
parcel bomb
(encz) | parcel bomb, n: |
parcel of land
(encz) | parcel of land, n: |
parcel out
(encz) | parcel out,parcelovat v: Zdeněk Brož |
parcel post
(encz) | parcel post,balíková pošta Zdeněk Brož |
parceled out
(encz) | parceled out, adj: |
parceling
(encz) | parceling, n: |
parcellation
(encz) | parcellation, n: |
parcelled
(encz) | parcelled, |
parcelling
(encz) | parcelling,rozdělit v: Zdeněk Brož |
parcels
(encz) | parcels,balíky n: pl. Zdeněk Brožparcels,parcely n: pl. Zdeněk Brožparcels,pozemky n: pl. Zdeněk Brož |
part and parcel
(encz) | part and parcel,nedílná součást web |
small parcel
(encz) | small parcel,balíček n: |
parcela
(czen) | parcela,allotmentn: Zdeněk Brožparcela,lotn: Zdeněk Brožparcela,plotn: Zdeněk Brožparcela,siten: Zdeněk Brož |
parcelace
(czen) | parcelace,plottingn: Zdeněk Brož |
parcelovat
(czen) | parcelovat,parcel outv: Zdeněk Brož |
parcelování
(czen) | parcelování,plottingn: Zdeněk Brož |
parcely
(czen) | parcely,allotmentsn: pl. Zdeněk Brožparcely,parcelsn: pl. Zdeněk Brožparcely,plotsn: pl. Zdeněk Brožparcely,sitesn: pl. Zdeněk Brož |
rozparcelování
(czen) | rozparcelování,plottingn: Zdeněk Brož |
stavební parcela
(czen) | stavební parcela,building lotn: Pinostavební parcela,building siten: Pinostavební parcela,lot Zdeněk Brož |
apportioned dealt out doled out meted out parceled out
(gcide) | distributed \distributed\ adj.
1. spread from a central location to multiple points or
recipients. Opposite of concentrated. [Narrower terms:
{apportioned, dealt out, doled out, meted out, parceled
out}; diffuse, diffused; dispensed; {dispersed,
spread}; {divided, divided up, shared, shared out on the
basis of a plan or purpose)}; encyclical; rationed;
scattered, widespread; sparse, thin; {unfocused,
unfocussed}] Also See: distributive.
[WordNet 1.5 +PJC]
2. spread among a variety of securities; -- of investments.
Syn: diversified.
[WordNet 1.5]
Distributing to the necessity of saints. --Rom.
xii. 13.
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Bill of parcels
(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.
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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.
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2. (Law) A part; a portion; a piece; as, a certain piece of
land is part and parcel of another piece.
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3. An indiscriminate or indefinite number, measure, or
quantity; a collection; a group.
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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]Bill \Bill\, n. [OE. bill, bille, fr. LL. billa (or OF. bille),
for L. bulla anything rounded, LL., seal, stamp, letter,
edict, roll; cf. F. bille a ball, prob. fr. Ger.; cf. MHG.
bickel, D. bikkel, dice. Cf. Bull papal edict, Billet a
paper.]
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1. (Law) A declaration made in writing, stating some wrong
the complainant has suffered from the defendant, or a
fault committed by some person against a law.
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2. A writing binding the signer or signers to pay a certain
sum at a future day or on demand, with or without
interest, as may be stated in the document. [Eng.]
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Note: In the United States, it is usually called a note, a
note of hand, or a promissory note.
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3. A form or draft of a law, presented to a legislature for
enactment; a proposed or projected law.
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4. A paper, written or printed, and posted up or given away,
to advertise something, as a lecture, a play, or the sale
of goods; a placard; a poster; a handbill.
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She put up the bill in her parlor window. --Dickens.
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5. An account of goods sold, services rendered, or work done,
with the price or charge; a statement of a creditor's
claim, in gross or by items; as, a grocer's bill.
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6. Any paper, containing a statement of particulars; as, a
bill of charges or expenditures; a weekly bill of
mortality; a bill of fare, etc.
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Bill of adventure. See under Adventure.
Bill of costs, a statement of the items which form the
total amount of the costs of a party to a suit or action.
Bill of credit.
(a) Within the constitution of the United States, a paper
issued by a State, on the mere faith and credit of the
State, and designed to circulate as money. No State
shall "emit bills of credit." --U. S. Const. --Peters.
--Wharton. --Bouvier
(b) Among merchants, a letter sent by an agent or other
person to a merchant, desiring him to give credit to
the bearer for goods or money.
Bill of divorce, in the Jewish law, a writing given by the
husband to the wife, by which the marriage relation was
dissolved. --Jer. iii. 8.
Bill of entry, a written account of goods entered at the
customhouse, whether imported or intended for exportation.
Bill of exceptions. See under Exception.
Bill of exchange (Com.), a written order or request from
one person or house to another, desiring the latter to pay
to some person designated a certain sum of money therein
generally is, and, to be negotiable, must be, made payable
to order or to bearer. So also the order generally
expresses a specified time of payment, and that it is
drawn for value. The person who draws the bill is called
the drawer, the person on whom it is drawn is, before
acceptance, called the drawee, -- after acceptance, the
acceptor; the person to whom the money is directed to be
paid is called the payee. The person making the order may
himself be the payee. The bill itself is frequently called
a draft. See Exchange. --Chitty.
Bill of fare, a written or printed enumeration of the
dishes served at a public table, or of the dishes (with
prices annexed) which may be ordered at a restaurant, etc.
Bill of health, a certificate from the proper authorities
as to the state of health of a ship's company at the time
of her leaving port.
Bill of indictment, a written accusation lawfully presented
to a grand jury. If the jury consider the evidence
sufficient to support the accusation, they indorse it "A
true bill," otherwise they write upon it "Not a true
bill," or "Not found," or "Ignoramus", or "Ignored."
Bill of lading, a written account of goods shipped by any
person, signed by the agent of the owner of the vessel, or
by its master, acknowledging the receipt of the goods, and
promising to deliver them safe at the place directed,
dangers of the sea excepted. It is usual for the master to
sign two, three, or four copies of the bill; one of which
he keeps in possession, one is kept by the shipper, and
one is sent to the consignee of the goods.
Bill of mortality, an official statement of the number of
deaths in a place or district within a given time; also, a
district required to be covered by such statement; as, a
place within the bills of mortality of London.
Bill of pains and penalties, a special act of a legislature
which inflicts a punishment less than death upon persons
supposed to be guilty of treason or felony, without any
conviction in the ordinary course of judicial proceedings.
--Bouvier. --Wharton.
Bill of parcels, an account given by the seller to the
buyer of the several articles purchased, with the price of
each.
Bill of particulars (Law), a detailed statement of the
items of a plaintiff's demand in an action, or of the
defendant's set-off.
Bill of rights, a summary of rights and privileges claimed
by a people. Such was the declaration presented by the
Lords and Commons of England to the Prince and Princess of
Orange in 1688, and enacted in Parliament after they
became king and queen. In America, a bill or declaration
of rights is prefixed to most of the constitutions of the
several States.
Bill of sale, a formal instrument for the conveyance or
transfer of goods and chattels.
Bill of sight, a form of entry at the customhouse, by which
goods, respecting which the importer is not possessed of
full information, may be provisionally landed for
examination.
Bill of store, a license granted at the customhouse to
merchants, to carry such stores and provisions as are
necessary for a voyage, custom free. --Wharton.
Bills payable (pl.), the outstanding unpaid notes or
acceptances made and issued by an individual or firm.
Bills receivable (pl.), the unpaid promissory notes or
acceptances held by an individual or firm. --McElrath.
A true bill, a bill of indictment sanctioned by a grand
jury.
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Parcel
(gcide) | Parcel \Par"cel\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Parceledor Parcelled;
p. pr. & vb. n. Parceling or Parcelling.]
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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.
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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.
[1913 Webster]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.
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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.
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2. (Law) A part; a portion; a piece; as, a certain piece of
land is part and parcel of another piece.
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3. An indiscriminate or indefinite number, measure, or
quantity; a collection; a group.
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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]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.
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Parcel office
(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.
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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.
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2. (Law) A part; a portion; a piece; as, a certain piece of
land is part and parcel of another piece.
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3. An indiscriminate or indefinite number, measure, or
quantity; a collection; a group.
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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.
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Parcel poet
(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.
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Parcel post
(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.
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Two parcels of the white of an egg. --Arbuthnot.
[1913 Webster]
The parcels of the nation adopted different forms of
self-government. --J. A.
Symonds.
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2. (Law) A part; a portion; a piece; as, a certain piece of
land is part and parcel of another piece.
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3. An indiscriminate or indefinite number, measure, or
quantity; a collection; a group.
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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]Parcel post \Par"cel post\
That branch of the post office having to do with the
collection, transmission, and delivery of parcels[4]. The
British Inland Parcel Post was established in 1883. The rates
in 1913, dating from 1897, were 3d. for parcels not exceeding
one pound and 1d. for each additional pound up to the limit
of 10 pounds. A general parcel post was established in the
United States by Act of August 24, 1912, which took effect
Jan. 1, 1913. At that time, parcels could not exceed 11
pounds in weight nor 72 inches in length and girth combined.
Provision is made from insuring parcels, and also for sending
parcels C.O.D. The rates of postage vary with the distance.
See Zone, below.
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Parceled
(gcide) | Parcel \Par"cel\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Parceledor Parcelled;
p. pr. & vb. n. Parceling or Parcelling.]
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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.
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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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Parceling
(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.
[1913 Webster]Parceling \Par"cel*ing\, n. [Written also parcelling.]
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1. The act of dividing and distributing in portions or parts.
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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.
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Parcelled
(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.
[1913 Webster]
These ghostly kings would parcel out my power.
--Dryden.
[1913 Webster]
The broad woodland parceled into farms. --Tennyson.
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2. To add a parcel or item to; to itemize. [R.]
[1913 Webster]
That mine own servant should
Parcel the sum of my disgraces by
Addition of his envy. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
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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Parcelling
(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.
[1913 Webster]
These ghostly kings would parcel out my power.
--Dryden.
[1913 Webster]
The broad woodland parceled into farms. --Tennyson.
[1913 Webster]
2. To add a parcel or item to; to itemize. [R.]
[1913 Webster]
That mine own servant should
Parcel the sum of my disgraces by
Addition of his envy. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
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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Parcel-mele
(gcide) | Parcel-mele \Par"cel-mele`\, adv. [See Parcel, and Meal a
part.]
By parcels or parts. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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Part and parcel
(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.
[1913 Webster]
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]Part \Part\ (p[aum]rt), n. [F. part, L. pars, gen. partis; cf.
parere to bring forth, produce. Cf. Parent, Depart,
Parcel, Partner, Party, Portion.]
1. One of the portions, equal or unequal, into which anything
is divided, or regarded as divided; something less than a
whole; a number, quantity, mass, or the like, regarded
as going to make up, with others, a larger number,
quantity, mass, etc., whether actually separate or not; a
piece; a fragment; a fraction; a division; a member; a
constituent.
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And kept back part of the price, . . . and brought a
certain part and laid it at the apostles'feet.
--Acts v. 2.
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Our ideas of extension and number -- do they not
contain a secret relation of the parts ? --Locke.
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I am a part of all that I have met. --Tennyson.
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2. Hence, specifically:
(a) An equal constituent portion; one of several or many
like quantities, numbers, etc., into which anything is
divided, or of which it is composed; proportional
division or ingredient.
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An homer is the tenth part of an ephah. --Ex.
xvi. 36.
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A thought which, quartered, hath but one part
wisdom,
And ever three parts coward. --Shak.
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(b) A constituent portion of a living or spiritual whole;
a member; an organ; an essential element.
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All the parts were formed . . . into one
harmonious body. --Locke.
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The pulse, the glow of every part. --Keble.
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(c) A constituent of character or capacity; quality;
faculty; talent; -- usually in the plural with a
collective sense. "Men of considerable parts."
--Burke. "Great quickness of parts." --Macaulay.
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Which maintained so politic a state of evil,
that they will not admit any good part to
intermingle with them. --Shak.
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(d) Quarter; region; district; -- usually in the plural.
"The uttermost part of the heaven." --Neh. i. 9.
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All parts resound with tumults, plaints, and
fears. --Dryden.
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(e) (Math.) Such portion of any quantity, as when taken a
certain number of times, will exactly make that
quantity; as, 3 is a part of 12; -- the opposite of
multiple. Also, a line or other element of a
geometrical figure.
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3. That which belongs to one, or which is assumed by one, or
which falls to one, in a division or apportionment; share;
portion; lot; interest; concern; duty; office.
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We have no part in David. --2 Sam. xx.
1.
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Accuse not Nature! she hath done her part;
Do thou but thine. --Milton.
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Let me bear
My part of danger with an equal share. --Dryden.
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4. Hence, specifically:
(a) One of the opposing parties or sides in a conflict or
a controversy; a faction.
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For he that is not against us is on our part.
--Mark ix. 40.
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Make whole kingdoms take her brother's part.
--Waller.
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(b) A particular character in a drama or a play; an
assumed personification; also, the language, actions,
and influence of a character or an actor in a play;
or, figuratively, in real life; as, to play the part
of Macbeth. See To act a part, under Act.
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That part
Was aptly fitted and naturally performed.
--Shak.
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It was a brute part of him to kill so capital a
calf. --Shak.
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Honor and shame from no condition rise;
Act well your part, there all the honor lies.
--Pope.
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(c) (Mus.) One of the different melodies of a concerted
composition, which heard in union compose its harmony;
also, the music for each voice or instrument; as, the
treble, tenor, or bass part; the violin part, etc.
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For my part, so far as concerns me; for my share.
For the most part. See under Most, a.
In good part, as well done; favorably; acceptably; in a
friendly manner; as, to take an act in good part.
--Hooker.
In ill part, unfavorably; with displeasure.
In part, in some degree; partly.
Part and parcel, an essential or constituent portion; -- a
reduplicative phrase. Cf. might and main, {kith and
kin}, etc. "She was . . . part and parcel of the race and
place." --Howitt.
Part of speech (Gram.), a sort or class of words of a
particular character; thus, the noun is a part of speech
denoting the name of a thing; the verb is a part of speech
which asserts something of the subject of a sentence.
Part owner (Law), one of several owners or tenants in
common. See Joint tenant, under Joint.
Part singing, singing in which two or more of the harmonic
parts are taken.
Part song, a song in two or more (commonly four) distinct
vocal parts. "A part song differs from a madrigal in its
exclusion of contrapuntual devices; from a glee, in its
being sung by many voices, instead of by one only, to each
part." --Stainer & Barrett.
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Syn: Portion; section; division; fraction; fragment; piece;
share; constituent. See Portion, and Section.
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To parcel a rope
(gcide) | Parcel \Par"cel\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Parceledor Parcelled;
p. pr. & vb. n. Parceling or Parcelling.]
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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.
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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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To parcel a seam
(gcide) | Parcel \Par"cel\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Parceledor Parcelled;
p. pr. & vb. n. Parceling or Parcelling.]
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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.
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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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parcel bomb
(wn) | parcel bomb
n 1: a thin explosive device inside an envelope or package and
detonated when opened [syn: letter bomb, parcel bomb,
package bomb] |
parcel of land
(wn) | parcel of land
n 1: an extended area of land [syn: tract, piece of land,
piece of ground, parcel of land, parcel] |
parcel out
(wn) | parcel out
v 1: administer or bestow, as in small portions; "administer
critical remarks to everyone present"; "dole out some
money"; "shell out pocket money for the children"; "deal a
blow to someone"; "the machine dispenses soft drinks" [syn:
distribute, administer, mete out, deal, {parcel
out}, lot, dispense, shell out, deal out, {dish
out}, allot, dole out] |
parcel post
(wn) | parcel post
n 1: postal service that handles packages |
parceled out
(wn) | parceled out
adj 1: given out in portions [syn: apportioned, dealt out,
doled out, meted out, parceled out] |
parceling
(wn) | parceling
n 1: 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,
parcelling, assignation] |
parcellation
(wn) | parcellation
n 1: the division into parcels; "the increasing parcellation of
land with every generation" |
parcelling
(wn) | parcelling
n 1: 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,
parcelling, assignation] |
BILL OF PARCELS
(bouvier) | BILL OF PARCELS, merc. law. An account containing in detail the names of the
items which compose a parcel or package of goods; it is usually transmitted
with the goods to the purchaser, in order that if any mistake have been
made, it may be corrected.
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PARCEL
(bouvier) | PARCEL, estates. Apart of the estate. 1 Com. Dig. Abatement, H 511 p. 133; 5
Com. Dig. Grant, E 10, p. 545. To parcel is to divide an estate. Bac, Ab.
Conditions, 0.
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