parceled, parcelled (parseld)

[ Alas! I am the mother of these moans! Their woes are parcell'd , mine are general. Shak ., Rich. III., ii. 2. 81. parceling, parcelling (pär's el-ing), n . [Verbal n. of parcel , v.] 1. Naut ., long narrow strips of canvas, generally tarred, wound spirally about a rope so as to give a smooth A Rope Wormed and Partly Parceled. ley. parcel-lift (pär's el-lift), n. An elevator or dumb-waiter used in shops and warehouses to convey packages up or down. [Eng.] parcellyt (pärsel-i), adv. [ Parcelly , as the heres of eyes don, With teres makyng sprancles many on, Ryght so is Raymound tormented full sore, Sore wepyng, teres making euermore. Rom . of Partenay (E. E. T. S.), 1. 4015. IMG:content-2336.png:[blocks in formation] A heart high sorrowful and cloy'd, A burning forehead, and a parching tongue. Keats, Ode on a Grecian Urn. parchedne (pär'ched-nes), n. The state of being parched or dried up. Neither sheep nor shepherd is to be seen there, but only a waste, silent solitude, and one uniform parchedne and vacuity. Dr. H. More, Def. of Moral Cabbala, i. 31. See pachisi . n. parcel-maker (pär ́sel-mā"ker), n. One of two parcheesi, officers of the British exchequer who formerly parchemint, parchemynt, n. Obsolete forms of made the parcels of the escheators' accounts, and delivered them to the auditors. parcel-mealt (pär's el-mel), adv. [ME. parcel mele, parcel - mel; Thre persons parcel - mele , depart able from other. Piers Plowman (C), XX. 28. parcel-office (pär's el-of"is), n. A place where parcels are received for despatch or delivery. parcel-paper (pär's el-pā"per), n. Any loose- textured unsized paper made or used for wrap- ping parcels; wrapping-paper. parcel-post, n. Same as parcel post (which see, under parcel, n.). parcel-van (pärsel-van), n. A van for the delivery of parcels. [Eng.] parcenary (pär'se-nā-ri), n. [Also parcenery; parcenerie , parcenier , a parcener: see parcener.] In law, coheir ship; the holding or occupation of lands of inheritance by two or created by deed or devise; whereas parcenary or copar cenary is created by the descent of lands from an ancestor.