parcel office

An office or place where parcels are received for transmi ion and delivery. *parcel-poet, s. One who is half a poet; a poor poet. ( Ben Jonson: Poetaster , iv. 3.) *parcel (2), s. [PARSLEY.] par-çel, v. t. [PARCEL, 8.] 1. To divide into parts; to distribute in portions. "The country was parceled out among nobles, who ruled it with harsh though uncertain oppre ion."- Brit . Quar. Review, lvii. 499. *2. To enumerate item by item; to specify. "That mine own servant should Parcel the sum of my disgraces by Addition of his envy." Shakesp.: Antony and Cleopatra , v. 2. *3. To make up into a ma . "Their woes are parceled , mine are general." Shakesp.: Richard III., iii. 2. (1) To parcel a seam: Naut.: To lay canvas over it, and daub it with pitch. (2) To parcel a rope : Naut .: To cover it smoothly with tarred canvas, which is then bound over with spun yarn. par-çel-ing, par'-çel-ling, pr. par. & 8. [PAR CEL, v.] A. As pr. par.: (See the verb.) B. As substantive: 1. Ord . Lang .: The act of dividing or distributing in portions. 2. Naut.: The same as PARCEL, 8. , II. 1. IMG:content-0654.png:[blocks in formation] "We were better parch in Afric sun." Shakesp.: Troilus and Cre ida , i. 3. parçhed, pa . par . or a. [PARCH.] parçh-ed-ne , s . [Eng. parched ; -ne .] The quality or state of being parched. "One uniform parchedne and vacuity." -More: Defense of the Moral Cabbala , ch. i. *parçh'-fül-ly, adv . [Probably from parch , v.] Dimly. "Gads of steele parch fully sparckling." Stanyhurst: Conceites, p. 137. parçh'-ing, pr . par . & a . [PARCH.] parçh-Ing-ly, adv . [Eng. parching ; -ly.] In a parching or scorching manner; scorchingly. *parch-ment (1), s. [A corrupt. of pa ement (q. v.).] A kind of lace. "Nor gold nor silver parchment lace." Roxburgh Ballads, ii. 450. parçh-ment (2), *parche-myn, *perche-mine, 8. & a. [Fr. par chem in , from Lat. per gamin a , per gamena parchment (origin. fem. sing. of Perga menus belonging to Pergamos or Pergamus); Gr. pergamene =parchment, from Pergamos, Pergamon =Pergamus, a city in Mysia, Asia Minor. According to some, the name is derived from parchment , having been invented by Eumenes of Pergamus, the founder of the celebrated library there, about 190 B. C. According to others, it was introduced by Crates of Pergamus, as a substitute for papyrus, on which an embargo was laid by Ptolemy Epi. phanes, as Eumenes was collecting a library in emulation of the famous one in Alexandria, about 160 B. C. Sp. pargamino , pergamino ; Ital. perga men a, pergamino .] A. As substantive: "Being par cell i zed to a plurality." Sylvester: The Captains, 1,154. thickne . Fine parchment is manufactured from the skins of young calves, kids, lambs; also from sheep, and goatskins. Extra fine, thin parchments are made from the skins of still-born lambs, kids, item. "Folowyng apperith, parcellu , dyvers and soondry maner of writyngs."- Paston Letters , ii. 334. par-çen-ar-ў, 8. [PARCENER.] Law : Coheir ship; joint holding or occupation of lands of inheritance by two or more persons. par-çěn-er, subst . [Norm. Fr. parcenier ; O. Fr. parçonnier, from parçon , parcion =a portion; Lat. pars (gen it. partis ) =a part.] Law : A coheir; one who holds lands of inherit ance by descent from an ancestor in common with another or others. He differs from a joint-tenant in that he always claims by descent, whereas a joint-tenant always claims by purchase. "An estate held in coparcenary is where lands of inheritance descend from the ancestor to two or more persons. It arises either by common law or particular custom. By common law; as where a person seised in fee-simple, or in fee-tail dies, and his next heirs are two or more females; in this case they shall all inherit; and these coheirs are called coparceners, or, for brevity, parceners only. Parceners by particular custom are where lands descend, as in gavelkind, to all the males in equal degree. And, in either of these cases, all the parceners put together make but one heir, and have but one estate among them." -Black stone : Comment., bk. ii., ch. 12. *par-çer-, *par-cer-ye, s. [Latin part i or = to divide.] Division, apportionment; allotment. "This part was to Helenus by wylled parcerye lotted." Stanyhurst: Virgil's Eneid , iii. 347. fate, fat, färe, amidst, what, fall, is made from calves', a es', and he-goats' skins. 2. A document written on parchment; a deed. "But here's a parchment with the seal of Cæsar." Shakesp.: Julius Cæsar, iii. 2. B. As adj .: Made of or written on parchment. "England... is now bound in with shame, With inky blots and rotten parchment bonds." Shakesp.: Richard II ., ii. 1. parchment-maker, s. One who dre es skins for parchment.