Parcæ (parse)

pl. [L., the Fates, pl. of Parca: perhaps IMG:content-2333.png:[ocr errors] It pa id my parceit , and my preif is also, How so wondirffull werkis wolde haue an ende. Richard the Redele , Prol., 1. 17. parcel (pär's el, usually pär'sl), n. [ Litel loueth he that lorde that lent hym al that bli e, That thus parteth with the pore a parcel whan hym nedeth. Piers Plowman (B), x. 63. Thou shalt shryve thee of alle thy synnes to o man, and nat a parcel to o man, and a parcel to another. Chaucer , Parson's Tale. Having receiv'd amongst his allotted parcels certain pretious truths of such an orient lustre as no Diamond can equall. Milton , Church-Government, ii., Int. ( b ) A separable, separate, or distinct part or portion or section, as of land. Abraham seith that he seigh holy the Trinite, Thre per sones in parcel les depart able fro other, And alle thre but o god thus Abraham me tauzte. Piers Plowman (B), xvii. 26. Naomi, that is come again out of the country of Moab, selleth a parcel of land. Ruth iv. 3. I have one parcel of land called Upper Crab tree went, containing about twelve acres. Winthrop, Hist. New England, II. 438. (c) A constituent or integral part: used frequently in the phrase part and parcel. It is a branch and parcel of mine oath. Shak ., C. of E., v. 1. 106. Nothing parcel of the world is denied to man's inquiry and invention. Bacon, Advancement of Learning, i. 9. Being parcel of the common ma , And destitute of means to raise themselves, They sink, and settle lower than they need. Cowper , Task, v. 247. Granada, as we have seen, was placed under the sceptre of Castile, governed by the same laws, and represented in its cortes, being, in the strictest sense, part and parcel of the kingdom. Pre scott, Ferd. and Isa., ii. 26. IMG:content-2334.png:[blocks in formation] surface. Also parsling .-2. Naut ., the proce of wrapping or winding a rope with parceling, or tarred strips of canvas. parceling-machine (pär's el-ing-ma-shēn"), n. Whittier , Barefoot Boy. 1. A pre in which yarn, cloth, wool, etc., are All things are taken from us, and become Portions and parcels of the dreadful Past. Tennyson, Lotos-Eaters, Choric Song. (d) A fragment; piece; bit. Olyves sum in rootes graffe, and rende Hem after out with par cells of the roote. Palladius , Husbondrie (E. E. T. S.), p. 141. Why, what parcel of man hast thou lighted on for a mas- ter? B. Jonson, Cynthia's Revels, ii. 1. More beautiful the prospect of that building which is all visible at one view than what discovers itself to the sight by parcels and degrees. Fuller , Worthies, Canterbury, II. 185. England about to be divided into little parcels , like a che -board! Sydney Smith , To Lord Holland. (e) An item or particular; a detail. I sent your grace bundled compactly for tying.-2. A machine in which strips of canvas or cloth are coated with tar to prepare them for wrapping or wind- ing around ropes. E. H. Knight. parcelizet (pär ́sel-īz), v . t . [ parcel , n., +-ize.] To divide; distribute; parcel. Greatnes and glory of a well-Rul'd State Is not extinguisht nor extenuate By being parcel liz'd to a plurality Of petty Kinglings, of a mean Equality. Sylvester, tr. of Du Bartas's Weeks, ii., The Captaines. parcel lati on (pär-se-lā'shon), n. [ parcel + -ation.] Division into parts or parcels; distribution. They bought all so a parcell of goats, which they distributed at home as they saw neede & occasion. Bradford, Plymouth Plantation, p. 209. Now, don't let us give ourselves a parcel of airs, and pretend that the oaths we make free with in this land of liberty of ours are our own. Sterne, Tristram Shandy, iii. 12. I think the English a parcel of brutes; and I'll go back to France as fast as I can. Mi Burney , Evelina, xiv. Why are they [painters) to be be-knighted, like a parcel of aldermen? Thackeray, Char. Sketches, The Artists. 3. A number of things wrapped or otherwise put up together; a package, containing a number of articles or a single one; a small bundle. I received that choice Parcel of Tobacco your Servant brought me. Howell, Letters, iv. 46. If you wanted to send a parcel to anywhere in the country, you confided it to the guard of the coach. W. Besant, Fifty Years Ago, p. 6. 4. pl. In law, that part of a deed or conveyance which describes the property conveyed, together with the boundaries thereof, in order to its easy identification.-5. Same as parceling, -Bill of parcels. See bill3. - Parcel post, that department of the post-office busine of the United Kingdom which deals with parcels up to 11 pounds in weight. parcel (pär's el), v. t.; pret. and pp. parceled 1. or parcelled, parceling or parcelling. [ parceller, parcel; from the noun.] 1. To di vide into parts or portions: generally with out. These ghostly kings would parcel out my power. Dryden, Indian Emperor, i. 2. Our time was parcelled out in a succe ion of tasks. Goldsmith, Proper Enjoyment of Life. IMG:content-2335.png:[blocks in formation] 2. To particularize; specify. What a wounding shame is this, that mine own servant should Parcel the sum of my disgraces by Addition of his envy! Shak., A. and C., v. 2. 163. 3. To cover with strips of canvas; wrap with parceling. parcel (pär's el), adv. [ Thou didst swear to me upon a parcel -gilt goblet... to marry me. Shak., 2 Hen. IV., ii. 1. 94. He is parcel lawyer, and in my conscience much of their religion. Beau, and Fl., Woman-Hater, i. 3. Beat not your brains to understand their parcel -greek, parcel -latin gibberish. Dekker, Gull's Hornbook, p. 60. The principal personage is Marcel i a, parcel witch, wholly shamele . Ticknor, Span. Lit., I. 242.