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parceln.adv.adj. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymons: French parcele, parcelle. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman parcele, parcel, parcelle, parcell, percell portion, part, consignment, package, packet, parcel, item, object, detail, itemized account, and Old French, Middle French, French parcelle (12th cent. in Anglo-Norman in sense ‘part of a whole’) < post-classical Latin particella part, portion (8th cent. as particela ) < particula particule n. + -ella -ella suffix. Compare post-classical Latin parcella (also percella ) parcel of land (frequently c1212–1686 in British sources), detail, item (frequently c1300–1533 in British sources; from 13th or early 14th cent. in continental sources), part (frequently c1367–1564 in British sources), part in a play, role (1414 in a British source), Old Occitan parsela (13th cent., Occitan parcèla ), Italian particella (1305–6). With use as adverb compare part adv.In sense A. 3a after post-classical Latin particula (c1230–50 in the passage translated in quot. a1398 at sense A. 3a). In sense A. 3c after post-classical Latin particula (1557 in the passage translated in quot. 1571 at sense A. 3c). With parcel of land (see sense A. 5a) compare Anglo-Norman parcele de terre :1321 Rolls of Parl. I. 387/1 Tenant de dis parceles de terre. The γ. forms are recorded in widespread use (especially in sense A. 6a) in southern England and the United States by Eng. Dial. Dict., several 20th-cent. English regional glossaries, and Dict. Amer. Regional Eng. They reflect early assimilatory loss of r before s (see E. J. Dobson Eng. Pronunc. 1500–1700 (ed. 2, 1968) II. §401(c)). Older Scots forms in final -ial , -iall (and also modern Scots and English regional (northern) forms in -sh- ) are perhaps influenced by partial adj. A. n.the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > the quality of being specific > [noun] > quality of being specific or detailed > a detail or particular a1325 (2011) v. 12 For þat te commune fin..is vuele assised þoru sirreues..so þat te summe is ofte siþes encresset, ant te parceles on oþer maner isette þan hoe sulden ben, to harme of þe pople. ?a1400 (a1338) R. Mannyng (Petyt) ii. 135 Liste & I salle rede þe parcelles what amountes. 1433 IV. 477/1 The seid Coronours..well and truly write, or make write, the parcelles of the seid werkes, where and whenne been doon, and expenses and costages of hem. ?1467 E. Poynings in (2004) I. 209 Ples yow to send me passels of costez and expences ȝe bere and pay for þe said causez. 1509 J. Fisher (de Worde) sig. Avijv The fourth percell of his complaynt. 1598 W. Shakespeare iii. ii. 159 I will die a hundred thousand deaths Ere breake the smallest parcell of this vow. View more context for this quotation 1622 G. de Malynes 365 These seuen parcels are now put ouer into the Liedger which some call posted ouer. 1669 E. Chamberlayne (ed. 2) xiii. 245 All Bills of Controulment, Parcels and Brievments are tot'led and allowed by the Clerks Comptrollers. 2. the world > relative properties > wholeness > incompleteness > part of whole > [noun] > a part viewed as separate the world > relative properties > wholeness > incompleteness > part of whole > [noun] > a separate part > a piece or bit > small piece > very small piece a1382 (Bodl. 959) (1965) Ecclus. xiv. 14 Be þou not begiled fro þe goode dai, & þe parcel [a1425 L.V. a litil part; L. particula] of þe goode day beside passe þee not. ?a1400 (a1338) R. Mannyng (Petyt) ii. 183 With slenges & magneles þei kast to kyng Richard, Our Cristen bi parcelles kasted ageynward. c1425 J. Lydgate (Augustus A.iv) i. 3704 Naso recordeth..But parcel eke of þe vnkyndenes Of þis Iason. 1459 in F. W. Weaver (1901) 193 Chargyng my said sonne..that he never clayme parcell ne part thereof. 1523 J. Fitzherbert Prol. sig. B2 Yt there be no parcell therof lost. 1557 Earl of Surrey et al. sig. A.iiv I may plaine my fill Unto my selfe, vnlesse this carefull song Printe in your harte some parcell of my tene. 1628 W. Prynne 9 Those onely suffer a little part and parcell of their Haire to growe long. a1699 J. Kirkton (1817) vi. 210 I have put the bussiness of the commission together, tho' it was acted by parcells, and say no more of it. 1703 Duke of Marlborough Let. 14 June in H. L. Snyder (1975) I. 198 I should think you should lose noe time in selling the East India stock by parcels. a1705 J. Ray (1713) ii. v. 226 A great Parcel of the Earth is every Year carried into the Sea. 1745 E. Haywood III. xiii Looked upon as no other than a Collection of some Parcels of History. 1794 W. Godwin III. vi. 102 They took up the detached parcels of my miserable attire. 1873 M. Arnold Pref. p. xxxii Truth more complete than the parcel of truth any momentary individual can seize. 1879 J. Ruskin 37 The insinuation of having committed the smallest parcel of them [sc. sins]. 1910 J. Clarke Introd. p. xlii Seneca nowhere gives us a..connected exposition of the views entertained by him regarding the Universe as a whole or the relation of its parts. Only ‘by parcels’..can we glean them from scattered remarks and comments. the world > relative properties > wholeness > incompleteness > part of whole > [noun] > constituent part or component c1395 G. Chaucer 852 Thanne was that a parcel [v.r. percel] of hir wo, For to hir self ful ofte, allas, seith she, Is ther no ship of so manye as I se Wol bryngen hom my lord? 1414 IV. 60/1 The fees of his seal..is parcel and propertie of his sustenance. a1450 ( in J. Kail (1904) 51 (MED) Þe leste lyge-man, wiþ body and rent, He is a parcel of þe crowne. 1530 c. 11 The sayde Dykes, or..any other banke, beyng parcele of the rynde & uttermost parte of the sayde contrey of Marshe lande. 1570 T. Norton tr. A. Nowell f. 68 To prayse and magnifie Gods goodnesse..is parcell of the worshipping of God. 1605 F. Bacon i. sig. B1v That nothing parcell of the world, is denied to Mans enquirie and inuention. View more context for this quotation 1631 in R. S. France (1951) 123 The heade mynes latelie found and discovered and which maye be found and discovered in our wastes of Cliviger; parcell of the possessions of our said Duchie in our Countie Palatyne of Lancaster. 1710 T. Hearne in J. Leland I. Pref. p. xii By this means Sir John became seiz'd of far the largest Parcel of this Great Man's Writings. 1785 W. Cowper v. 247 Being parcel of the common mass. 1818 W. Cruise (ed. 2) III. 275 Franchises..which were originally parcel of the royal prerogative. 1871 A. C. Swinburne Litany of Nations in 95 Till the soul of man be parcel of the sunlight. 1910 I. 242/2 Originally the right of..presenting was annexed to the person who built or endowed the church, but the right gradually became annexed to the manor in which it was built, for the endowment was considered parcel of the manor. 1990 V. S. Naipaul (1991) i. 43 The religion we have is from childhood. It is part and parcel of our life. society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > part or character > [noun] a1400 in T. Wright & J. O. Halliwell (1845) II. 57 (MED) At the day of dome and in the blisse of hevene we shul ben more glorious, in as myche as we pleyn betere thre forseid perselis heer. c1443 R. Pecock (1927) 267 (MED) If he wolde pleie þis parcel wiþoute hope to haue þe faukun, þanne dide he vndiscretely. a1450 (c1412) T. Hoccleve (Harl. 4866) (1897) 3055 In lordes courtes þou pleyest þi parcel. the world > the earth > region of the earth > [noun] 1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil iii. 58 How beyt theese parcels [L. hanc pelago] in sayling must be refused. 1582 R. Stanyhurst in tr. Virgil 94 Wheare barcks haue passed, with cart's that parcel is haunted [in winter]. †3. society > communication > book > matter of book > [noun] > small division society > faith > aspects of faith > Bible, Scripture > text > [noun] > passage a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus (BL Add.) f. 335v Þilke þinges of propretees of kyndeliche þinges..beþ digeste and y-treted in nynetene parcelles [L. particulas]. 1451 in (1859) 3 185 (MED) In a cedule of the same parcells out of the same buke writen to this supplicacion annexed it may parcellie more plainlie appere. a1500 (a1450) tr. (Ashm. 396) (1977) 20 (MED) He shewith by apparence..dyvydyng this boke in x distinctions or bookes, of the which euery of hem conteyneth chapiters and terminat parcels or articles, that vndre certeyn titles the purpose of thasker may be found. 1570 T. Norton tr. A. Nowell f. 45 This parcel [sc. the communion of saints] doth somwhat more plainly expresse [etc.]. 1582 R. Mulcaster Peroration 234 A book deuided into parcels, to lighten the price, tho but one in volum. 1655 E. Terry 264 The Mahometan priests..read some parcells out of their Alcoran, upon Frydays. a1692 R. Kirk Secret Commonw. in M. Hunter (2001) iii. 83 They have nothing of the Bible, save collected parcels for Charms, and counter-Charms. the world > relative properties > number > mathematical number or quantity > numerical arrangement > [noun] > set > sequence > progression > numerical elements in or parts of 1561 (rev. ed.) i. i. sig. K.vijv Tell how many numbres there are (which numbres here [in progression] we cal places or parcels). the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > a part of speech > [noun] > function word 1571 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin (viii. 4) This parcell [L. particula] (Chi) among the Hebrewes importeth as much as (Quia) in Latin, which signifyeth (by cause) in English. the mind > possession > giving > distributing or dealing out > an allotted share, portion, or part > [noun] society > trade and finance > money > sum of money > [noun] > small sum society > trade and finance > payment > [noun] > payment by instalment or part-payment > an instalment c1400 (a1376) W. Langland (Trin. Cambr. R.3.14) (1960) A. xi. 50 (MED) Litel louiþ he þat lord þat leniþ hym al þat blisse, Þat þus partiþ wiþ þe poore a parcel whanne hym nediþ. c1450 (?a1400) (Ashm.) 4318 (MED) Þe pouert of oure persons for plente we hald, Þe quikke [perh. read quilke] is part vs, all þe pake, be parcells euyn. 1491 in H. Ellis (1827) 2nd Ser. I. 172 The said summe of ten pounds and every parcell therof. 1524 in W. L. Nash (1851) 20 For the bequest of Pokeriges wife in parcel of a more Sma..vjs. viijd. 1543 R. Record f. 109 The parcels of those foure marchauntes make in one summe 240 li. 1586 A. Day i. sig. N8 To credite him with a small parcell of money in dispatche of a iourny. c1605 T. Bodley in (1913) iii. 61 The Vice-chancellour alone and no other..may haue to deale with the imploiment, of the annual rentes of the Librarie: or of any parcel of mony, that may heerafter by any be conferred vpon it. a1656 Bp. J. Hall (1660) i. 23 If..I might draw him to a willing yieldance of that parcell of my due maintenance, which was kept back from my not over-deserving predecessor. a1722 J. Toland (1726) I. 458 This Bank..is a general Cash-keeper..: every one paying ten Guilders at the opening of his account, and afterwards a Penny for each party or parcel that he draws out. 1765 J. Dickinson i The buyers..find it impossible to comply with this term unless they borrow money, which cannot now be done but in very small parcels from different persons. 5. the mind > possession > possessions > [noun] > real or immovable property > land > a piece of land 1404 in J. Raine (1865) III. 27 (MED) My forsaid executors..delyvere up all the dedis..of the Says londes..so that for defaute of here dedys and evidences, non of the forsaid heires be disherited of no parcell. ?1429 J. Fastolf in (2005) III. 44 On-lese þen þat he sel a parcel of his land. a1500 (Sloane) (1890) 43 (MED) Let your landis be extendide by wyse men sworne and se what euery parcell þer off may be worthe in a yere. 1539 1 Chron. xi. 13 And there was there a parsell of grounde full of barleye. 1604 in J. T. Smith & L. T. Smith (1870) 433 For that parcell he shall agree with the lord for his years rent. 1611 John iv. 5 A city of Samaria..neere to the parcell of ground that Iacob gaue to his sonne Ioseph. View more context for this quotation 1720 in (1852) III. 108 Owners of certain parcels of Land. 1751 S. Whatley at Twiford In this T. is a parcel of ground, said to be in the Co. of Wilts. 1841 H. J. Stephen I. 111 If a lord had a parcel of land detached from the main of his estate. 1897 (Land Transfer Act) c. 65. §14 (2) Regard being had to ready identification of parcels. 1922 §128 (1) As from the commencement of this Act, every parcel of copyhold land shall by virtue of this Act be enfranchised and cease to be of copyhold or customary tenure. 1952 G. H. Dury ii. 17 A contoured map can be used in drawing boundaries between small contiguous parcels of land. 1988 13 Apr. 54/1 An 80-acre parcel of land with a dilapidated house is listed for $795,000. society > law > transfer of property > types of transfer > charter or deed conveying property > [noun] > parts of deeds dealing with property a1640 J. Fletcher & P. Massinger Little French Lawyer ii, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher (1647) sig. I/1 I understand your causes. Yours about corne, yours about pinnes and glasses, Will you make me mad, have I not all the parcells? 1766 W. Blackstone II. App. ii. p. ii (margin) Parcels. 1837 T. Martin II. 84 Of Parcels. 1844 C. Davidson Introd. §7 Of Parcels. The word ‘parcel’..seems to have been originally applied, in the sense of ‘a piece’, to land only, but in modern usage the expression ‘parcels’ is used to signify the description of the property, be it what it may. 1882 C. Sweet In a conveyance, lease or other deed dealing with property, that part which follows the operative words is called the parcels. 1967 G. Dworkin 174 The property comprised in a deed..now generally called ‘the parcels’, may be described either generally..or specifically. 1988 D. G. Barnsley (ed. 3) 468 Recent instances of judicial condemnation of the sloppy drafting of the parcels are not hard to find. 6. the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > an assemblage or collection > [noun] > group c1436 Domesday Ipswich (BL Add. 25011) in T. Twiss (1873) II. 133 (MED) Non of the same toun take in kepyng..of..poure caytyvys clothes maade, ne parcel of clothes, ne wolle. c1449 R. Pecock (1860) 438 (MED) Ech Apostle was heed of oon certeyn parcel of peple. 1471 in (2004) II. 592 Ye shall send me in all hast..asse mone of my men asse can com well horsyd, and that they cum in dyuerse parcellys. 1598 W. Shakespeare v. ii. 159 A holy parcell of the fayrest dames that euer turnd their backes to mortall viewes. View more context for this quotation a1644 T. Roe Jrnl. in A. Churchill & J. Churchill (1704) (modernized text) I. 767/2 [Penguins] do not fly, but only walk in parcels. 1689 N. Luttrell Diary in (1857) I. 604 When the English horse went, they went but in parcells. 1712 R. Steele No. 326. ⁋5 A parcel of Crows..heartily at Break-fast upon a piece of Horse-flesh. 1780 A. Young (Dublin ed.) I. 96 Sheep are kept in small parcels. 1835 A. B. Longstreet 195 ‘How did you come on raisin' chickens this year, Mis' Shad?’ ‘La Messy, honey! I have had mighty bad luck. I had the prettiest pasel you most ever seed till the varment took to killin 'em.’ 1889 T. E. Brown 16 She knocked two dishes And a pazil of plates there off the dresser. 1890 S. S. Buckman ii. 6 Lor, thur wur quite a passel o' volk altogither. 1903 K. D. Wiggin xix. 202 Then you can explain, if you can, who gave you any authority to invite a passel of strangers to stay here overnight. 1936 M. Mitchell iv. 65 Dey is de shiflesses, mos' ungrateful passel of no-counts livin'. 1957 W. C. Handy vi. 80 We had to absorb a ‘passel’ of oratory of the brand served by some Southern politicians just this side of the turn of the century. 1989 Feb. 69/2 Also on the welcoming team is..a passel of Susie's dogs. the world > relative properties > kind or sort > [noun] > a kind, sort, or class > a number of things classed together 1607 T. Middleton iii. sig. E4 You parcell of a rude, sawcie and vnmannerly nation. 1678 W. Winstanley 2 We here present you, Gentlemen, with a parcel of Beasts of prey, worse than ever Africk bred. a1719 J. Addison Dialogues Medals in (1721) I. iii. 533 Of great use..to let posterity see their forefathers were a parcel of blockheads. 1778 F. Burney I. xiv. 76 I think the English a parcel of brutes. 1818 W. Hazlitt (1870) vii. 172 Making a parcel of wry faces over the matter. 1861 C. Dickens (1863) 79 ‘He's a likely young parcel of bones that. What is it you call him?’ ‘Pip,’ said Joe. 1881 ‘Rita’ I. i. 15 I'm not going to be lectured by a parcel of girls. 1941 J. D. Carr x. 136 Dinner's on its way, and I'm no settin places for the parcel o' ye. 1980 E. Jong i. xii. 95 I saw a Parcel of Blackguards gallop straight for the Centre of the Witches' Circle. 7. the world > relative properties > quantity > [noun] > some, any, or indefinite amount > as related to amount of which it is part the world > relative properties > wholeness > incompleteness > part of whole > [noun] > a separate part > a piece or bit > small piece 1483 ( tr. G. Deguileville (Caxton) (1859) i. iii. 4 The Centre was veray derke, withoute ony parcel of clereness. a1500 Craft of Dying (Rawl.) in C. Horstmann (1896) II. 412 (MED) If he put hys wyll þerto to dey wilfully & consentith fully into deth..he takyth aweye a parcel of satisfaccion þat he oweth to do for dedly synnes. 1548 f. lj We finde in a corner..a great persell of bloud. 1610 Edinb. Test. XLVI. f. 165, in at Parcel(l Summa of the particullar wecht of the persellis of the siluir wark quhilk I have. 1690 T. Burnet iii. 67 Such undiscover'd parcels of fire, as lie fix'd and imprison'd in hard bodies. 1734 J. Swift Let. 17 Dec. in (1965) IV. 277 I prophesyed a fine parcell of Weather from yesterday, but I was deceived. 1757 A. Cooper i. ii. 15 Being thus loosely mixed with a moderate Parcel of the Liquor. 1797 A. M. Bennett V. iv. 104 He will yaw a parcel of nonsense about jukes and lords. 1830 H. Kater & D. Lardner iii. 32 An inanimate parcel of matter is incapable of changing its state of rest or motion. 1921 W. B. Yeats 81 Lonely the sea-bird lies at her rest, Blown like a dawn-blenched parcel of spray Upon the wind. 1991 Apr. 30/2 He is adept at subcontracting his liabilities and is wary of taking a parcel of work as subcontractor when acting as prime contractor. 1627 in J. S. Moore (1981) 44 Seex lames..a passell of hay..5 pigges. 1863 W. Barnes 61 On the following morning the..cocks are thrown abroad in passels—parcels—which, after being turned, are in the evening put up into large ridges—weäls. 1660 R. Boyle xvii. 128 Those lesser and inconspicuous parcels of Air. 1786 iii. x. 536/2 Digest the powder in a fresh parcel of water as before. 1874 (Royal Soc.) 164 206 Water in the state of vapour, and so mixed with air as to form non-homogeneous parcels, acts powerfully in wasting sound. 1941 C. G. Rossby in (U.S. Dept. Agric.) iv. 609 In an axially symmetric atmosphere..the absolute angular momentum of individual parcels of air does not change except through the influence of frictional forces. 1982 Oct. 126/3 Because the magnetic liquid is attracted to regions of higher field intensity a parcel of ferrofluid near the rod must have work done on it for it to be moved away from the rod. society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > mineral material > ore > [noun] > quantity of 1824 J. H. Vivian Let. 5 Nov. in J. Taylor (1829) 32 The parcels of ore..are wheeled from the ore-house [at Freiberg]. 1848 25 Oct. 3/5 A parcel of Burra Burra ore. 1898 29 Oct. 13 [They] received satisfactory prices for their parcels. 1903 Parcel (Cornw.), a quantity of tin stone of a certain weight and uniform quality. 1965 G. J. Williams viii. 119/1 Increase in the price of gold resulted in renewed activity in 1935 and a certain amount of prospecting and development ensued for over a decade, though apparently only one parcel of 400 tons was treated. 1980 S. Thorne 74 I was told he had just sold a ‘parcel’ (meaning a quantity of opal) to the opal dealer sitting behind us. †8. the world > relative properties > wholeness > incompleteness > part of whole > [noun] > a separate part > a fragment 1596 (1868) 116 The chine of Beefe, the hagstocke to these Carpenters, was hewen and squared into diuers parcels. 1663 J. Heath To Rdr. All the different Sects and Schisms which He kept in perpetual separation..now run into a coalition; and like divided parcels of dying vipers, spraul towards a union with this their Head. 1686 Bp. G. Burnet ii. 96 They peece their broken Pots so close..without any cement, by sowing with Iron-wire the broken parcels together. a1688 G. Stradling (1692) 186 To join and re-unite the scattered parcels. 1783 (new ed.) iv. at Absyrtes Being busied in gathering up the parcels of his son's body. 1601 B. Jonson ii. i. sig. Dv What parcell of man hast thou lighted on for a Maister? View more context for this quotation 1601 B. Jonson iii. iii. sig. G4v I muse your parcell of a souldier returnes not all this while. View more context for this quotation 1609 T. Dekker sig. D4 Get some fragments of french, or small parcels of Italian to fling about the table. 1653 T. Urquhart tr. F. Rabelais vi. 31 I mumble off little parcels of some missick precation of our sacrificuls. 9. society > trade and finance > merchandise > [noun] > an article or kind of 1612 B. Jonson iii. ii. sig. G2v Goe in, I pray you, And viewe the parcels. That's the Inuentory. View more context for this quotation 1665 in J. A. Johnston (1991) 14 A percell of bombasine and a percell of worsted prunella. 1777 J. Wedgwood Let. 15 Dec. in (1965) 211 The Cherokee clay which I sent an agent into that country..to procure for me, and when the present parcel is out we have no hopes of obtaining more. 1832 J. R. McCulloch (1852) Parcel, a term indifferently applied to small packages of wares, and to large lots of goods. In this latter sense, 20 hogsheads of sugar or more, if bought at one price, are denominated ‘a parcel of sugar’. 1882 19 July 13 At to-day's cloth market..considerable parcels of winter stock were taken for Italy, Austria [etc.]. 1897 17 Feb. 11/4 Cocoa.—At public sale to-day the parcels offered went off freely at dearer prices. 1955 D. Eden (1959) 75 If I win this week I've got a very nice parcel of gold mining shares sorted out. Very cheap. 1988 62 782/2 But the main butchery served to produce standardized parcels of meat. society > trade and finance > merchandise > [noun] > goods carried or sold in specific unit 1841 2 Aug. 7/2 Mr. George Blogg..diamond broker..delivered a parcel of diamonds to the prisoner. 1891 Sept. 317/1 Write us a cheque for £26,400 for this parcel of diamonds, and let us have done with it. 1902 G. F. Williams xvii. 511 The daily productions of diamonds are put away in parcels until there is an accumulation of about 50,000 carats of De Beers and Kimberley diamonds. 1931 G. Beet 148 Should a digger have a ‘parcel’ to dispose of without delay, he knew that by going straight to Robinson's office he would receive the immediate and courteous attention of the principal. 1976 W. Greatorex 162 He couldn't let this parcel of first-quality gems slip through his hands. 10. the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > an assemblage or collection > [noun] > pack or parcel c1450 in J. Stratford (1993) 175 And afterward..the cardinal deliverid unto..Sir Robert..certain parcelles of plate, of golde, and of silver gilt. ?a1562 G. Cavendish (1959) 99 Baskettes wt old plate..And bokes conteynyng the valewe & wayte of euery parcell. 1655 J. Howell xlvi. 109 I Receiv'd that choice parcel of Tobacco your servant brought me.] 1692 Oxf. Almanack in (1848) 162 For the carriage of the greatest parcel, (all being to be esteemed parcels under one quarter of an hundred weight,) one shilling. 1715 No. 5330/3 The General Penny-Post-Office..where Letters and Parcels will be taken in as usual. 1725 D. Defoe I. i. 9 He..sees the bills of parcels of goods bought. 1820 W. Huntingdon in (1821) 24 484 A shoemaker..told me a parcel was left there for me... I opened it, and behold there was a pair of leather breeches. 1897 M. Kingsley 477 Seedy young men with us object to carrying paper parcels for fear of being taken for tailors. a1911 D. G. Phillips (1917) I. xvii. 291 She rolled into a small parcel her own possessions. 1987 E. Feinstein v. 113 Chabrov gave Alya a prettily wrapped parcel for the journey, which turned out to be a box of sweets. 1776 D. Garrick 17 Dec. (1963) III. 1148 Mrs Garrick Sends a large parcel of Love to you all. 1822 W. Hazlitt (1869) 2nd Ser. xii. 246 It is true I can..rake up a parcel of half-forgotten observations. 1836 A. Combe i. iv. 69 A continuation of the circular fibres of the gullet, which divide into two parcels. 1878 H. James iv. 65 A youth of an ardent swindling genius who had come into possession of a parcel of facts too provokingly pertinent to be wasted. 1940 H. G. Wells ii. ii. 150 His income, derived from research grants, scientific writing, a small parcel of investments and gifts from his brother, was precarious. 1941 J. Terry §73. 62 Instead of baking the 'Savoury Parcels' you can cook them..in a casserole. 1981 N. Cox 212 These little crisp parcels of filo paste (tissue paper layers of strudel dough) are found all over the Middle and Far East. 1995 K. Ishiguro xx. 285 I could see vol-au-vents, savoury parcels, pies, all hand-sized and much of it intricate. society > trade and finance > money > sum of money > [noun] > large sum 1903 A. M. Binstead vii. 172 ‘Aye, it's a pinch for t'pair of 'em, y'r Graace,’ roared Old Jack, with much warmth; ‘an' what's moo-re, if y'r Graace doesn't pack oop a reglar parcel over 'em, why—why, A'al never speak to y'r Graace on a racecourse agin!’ 1923 P. G. Wodehouse xii. 131 ‘But if you haven't dropped a parcel over the race,’ I said, ‘why are you looking so rattled?’ 1923 P. G. Wodehouse xiv. 162 I think I can put you in the way of winning a parcel on the Mothers' Sack Race. society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > parlour and party games > [noun] > other party or parlour games 1932 32 Passing the parcel. Wrap up a small gift..in a large well padded parcel... One of the players is given the parcel and when the music starts she passes it to her neighbour, [etc.].] 1953 12 Feb. 10/4 Recently introduced, the game of ‘pass the parcel’ was continued, with this meeting's contribution by Mrs. Rudolph Scheinpflug, a pair of lavishly embroidered dish towels, won by Mrs. Roe. 1955 V. Smith (MS story) (O.E.D. Archive) xxi. 46 Then the party began. Molly, who always had good ideas said to every-one ‘Should we have pass the parcel?’ ‘That's what we're going to play,’ said Mr. Brown. 1967 8 Feb. 14/6 What a splendid game of ministerial ‘pass the parcel’ would be played when any M.P. wished to complain on behalf of a constituent about treatment received at the hands of the Land Commission. 1968 B. Ikeson 41 (heading) Pass the parcel. 1976 B. Bainbridge iii. 55 Father snatched the book..and slipped it to Mr Harrison as if he was playing pass-the-parcel. 1989 in R. Graef vi. 203 I've tried pass the parcel—‘You take the baby.’ ‘No, you're the WPC, you have the baby.’ 1999 J. Burchill v. 82 We were glaring at each other like two children facing off over a prize at Pass the Parcel. society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > shipbuilding and repairing > [noun] > fitting out or equipping ships > rigging a ship > rope work > strip of canvas for binding rope 1875 E. H. Knight III. 1632/2 Parcel (Nautical), a wrapping of tarred canvas on a rope to prevent chafing. B. adv. In part, partly, partially; to some degree, to some extent. the world > relative properties > wholeness > incompleteness > [adverb] 1415 in H. E. Salter (1932) I. 48 (MED) Y wul..þat my dettes..wil be paied all or parcel of þe rentes of my lond. c1450 (?a1405) J. Lydgate Complaint Black Knight (Fairf.) 224 in (1934) ii. 392 (MED) The salt teres that fro myn yen falle Parcel declare grounde of my peynes alle. 1534 ( J. Lydgate tr. (Herford) sig. D.iv Dioclecian..Hath a conceite..With hym to sende Albon into that Ile, Bothe for trust..And to gouerne notably that londe Parcell also to guerdon his seruise. 1453 in J. Raine (1855) II. 189 (MED) Item, ij pottis of silver potellers, parcell gilt. 1576 G. Baker tr. C. Gesner ii. f. 101v Into which if you put parsyll or doubble gylt cuppes or pottes, the Syluer shortlye after wyll bee dyssolued. 1602 B. Jonson v. iii. sig. M2 Parcell Guiltie; I. View more context for this quotation 1609 T. Dekker sig. C1v Their parcell-greeke, parcell-latine gibrish. a1625 J. Fletcher Chances iv. iii, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher (1647) sig. Bbb4v/1 She is parcell drunke. a1661 T. Fuller (1662) Somerset 19 The Author..being parcel-popish. 1821 W. Scott I. x. 245 My grandame does it because she is parcel blind by age, and whole blind by kindred. 1826 W. Scott I. iv. 120 The worthy dame was parcel blind, and more than parcel deaf. 1897 W. C. Hazlitt 26 Our Church is a mixed institution, parcel-divine, parcel-terrestrial. 1989 Mar. 74/1 (advt.) Elizabethan parcel-gilt Tazza, London 1571. C. adj.a1450 (?c1421) J. Lydgate (Arun.) (1911) 913 (MED) My lorde..Parcel cause of this sodeyn rage Is for that I in my tender age had a lorde I-named Layus. 1602 T. Dekker sig. H3 Nay and thou dost..the Parcell-Poets shall Sue thy wrangling Muse. 1608 J. Day sig. B2 True, shee's parcell Poet, parcell fidler already. 1611 L. Barry i. sig. B2 Parcell Lawyer, parcel Deuill, all Knaue. 1612 B. Jonson iv. vi. sig. K3v That parcell-Broker, and whole-Baud, all Raskall. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare (1623) ii. i. 60 He Sir: a Tapster Sir: parcell Baud: one that serues a bad woman. View more context for this quotation 1640 W. Habington 1 Who vents him For ought but parcell-asse may be in danger. a1661 T. Fuller (1662) Yorks. 213 He was at the least a Parcell-Protestant. c1665 L. Hutchinson (1973) 71 He..then, I know not how, gott to be a parcell-Judge in Ireland. 1672 C. Wyvill 70 Friar Pedro has mark'd them with the black Coal of parcel Heresie. 1720 J. Swift (1721) 31 A Multitude of Poetasters, Poetito's, Parcel-Poets..and Philo-Poets. 1820 W. Scott I. iv. 84 He was a jester and a parcel poet. 1849 G. Ticknor I. 242 (note) The principal personage is Marcelia,—parcel witch, wholly shameless. 1867 J. R. Lowell (1870) 95 Gilbert, Hawkins, Frobisher and Drake, parcel-soldiers all of them. 1898 G. Saintsbury (1900) VII. vii. 468 A man who is at least parcel-genius like Suckling. society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > gilding and silvering > [adjective] > gilded a1625 F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Coxcombe iv. iii, in (1647) sig. Oo3/2 The Turky Carpet, And the great parcell salt, Nan, with the Cruets. 1822 R. Nares at Parcel Parcel is put alone for parcel-gilt.] 1902 A. H. Hiorns (ed. 2) iii. 243 (heading) Parcel coppering or bronzing as applied to fine zinc castings. 1907 (W. Canning & Co.) (ed. 3) 64 (heading) Parcel-plating. Plating articles in two or three colours. 1911 S. Field xii. 175 Partial deposition..is, in the case of copper, called parcel coppering. 1925 S. Field & S. R. Bonney xiii. 166 ‘Parcel plating’..is applicable to all deposited metals. 1971 T. C. Collocott 855/2 Parcel plating, the electrodeposition of a metal over a selected area of an article, the remainder being covered with a nonconductor in order to prevent deposition. Compounds C1. a. 1857 (new ed.) II. 501/1 Should a purchaser dispute the delivery of the goods, it is necessary to produce proof of the fact; when delivered to carriers, a receipt is usually given by subscribing the carrier's parcel-book. 1871 L. Colange II. 562/3 Parcel-book... A book used by a merchant or trader for the registering of parcels. 1874 9 Oct. 4/4 Charitable grant to Samuel Gray, a parcel boy, who was knocked down by a train. 1897 13 Dec. 8/4 By day these Boys are errand boys, parcel boys, van boys, office boys. 1984 25 304 Similarly Kadalie himself, despite his white-collar posts in northern colonies, was for years after his 1918 move to South Africa compelled to work as a packer, messenger and parcel ‘boy’. 1838 J. S. Mill Let. 11 May in (1963) XIII. 384 If left at Hooper's or sent by omnibus or parcel company to the I[ndia] H[ouse] I should receive it. 1878 W. S. Jevons xv. 125 At present there are a great number of parcel companies. 2003 (Nexis) 1 July 86 The parcel companies demonstrated that a massive all-cargo operation could be profitable, even if aircraft utilisation was fairly low. a1884 E. H. Knight Suppl. 659/2 Parcel Lift, a dumb waiter used in stores and warehouses. 1985 (Nexis) 30 Nov. 58 Equipment News... Parcel lift for vans. 1883 Jan. 240/1 The house was so beset by parcel-men that I knew it would be abusing kindness to ask that Sam..should be detained from his duties to accompany me. 2001 (Nexis) 12 Dec. 3 When I first saw the milkman with a pint in one hand and a package in another I thought the parcel man must have left it with him. 1841 8 Feb. 7/1 A youth..called at the parcel-office of the company with a small parcel purporting to contain 225l. 1931 21 221 While cellars were being dug for the new Post Office parcels-office,..a hoard of ‘about 30 denarii’ was found and immediately dispersed. 1995 N. Whittaker (1996) xiv. 127 What had once been a bustling railway quarter full of parcels offices and railwaymen's houses had become a windswept rat-run. 1860 28 July 2/5 (advt.) A Parcel Porter is also required, who knows town well. 1920 83 104 (table) Porters..Parcel porters..Ticket collectors. 2003 (Nexis) 15 Mar. 16 Patricia..worked in the canteen at Cardiff Central station more than 50 years ago and would often see parcel porter Bill. 1845 31 July 6/6 A collision..forced the engine tender and parcel van..off the rails. 1913 23 452 The parcels van boys are drawn from a better class than the goods van guards. 1992 (BNC) 10 Funds were raised to convert a former British Rail parcels van into a special carriage. b. 1857 5 June 9/6 If they [sc. the Railways] are undersold by the Post-office in the parcel-carrying department, the fact is only an unavoidable incident in the progress of public accommodation. 1951 41 646 The other [development] was experiments with buses to replace horse-drawn vehicles in the country's carrier service, which frequently combined passenger and parcel carrying. 2003 (Nexis) 6 May 24 It was a hefty Raleigh cycle with a large enough parcel carrying space at the front. 1827 45 429 Some have a..parcel-packing action. 2001 (Nexis) 9 June (Weekend Suppl.) 97 Paulownia tomentosa..hails from China and its seed pods were at one time used as parcel-packing material in consignments from there to America. 1866 ‘G. Eliot’ I. v. 117 A pence-counting, parcel-tying generation, such as mostly fill your chapels. 1999 (Nexis) 4 Nov. 4 Every seat was filled at the October meeting of Sapcote WI, when Jennifer Orton demonstrated her parcel-tying skills. C2. society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > explosive device > [noun] > bomb > booby-trap bomb 1948 30 June 6/2 Mr Francis Rex Farran..was killed..when he opened a parcel bomb intended for his brother. 1974 25 Jan. 24/5 Police scientific experts are examining the remains of a parcel bomb which exploded in an Israeli bank in the City of London yesterday. 1992 R. Harris ii. 79 There had been a blitz of parcel bombs over the past few months, blowing off the hands and faces of half a dozen government officials. 1828 A. M. Porter Coming Out in J. Porter & A. M. Porter II. 3 Thronged..with parcel-carriers and window-gazers. 1948 58 14 Except possibly among the small parcels carriers,..traders are satisfied that..there is enough competition between hauliers to prevent ‘unjustifiable increases of rates.’ 1985 1–7 Nov. 57/2 Bunzl sees a good opportunity to use its financial muscle to help United speed up the acquisition of more medium size parcel carriers. society > communication > correspondence > postal services > [noun] > types of service 1837 24 July 1/2 The London Parcels Delivery company..being ready to appoint agents for the receipt and booking of parcels, invite applications from tradesmen. 1844 J. W. Carlyle I. 291 Send me some books by the parcels delivery. 1892 14 Oct. 5/3 Tips to omnibus men and parcels delivery men are unknown in London. 1996 29 Dec. 3/7 Baggage-handlers and parcel delivery systems could use intelligent tags to route items or locate lost luggage. the mind > possession > possessions > [noun] > real or immovable property > land > a piece of land 1632 W. Lithgow iv. 166 If these Timariots were not rewarded, with such absolute possessions of parcell grounds. 1829 9 Apr. 329/2 That oil-shop the corner of Cannon-street, i went in a [i.e. to] nick the lob [i.e. till] of 7 peg, and parcel papers rold up. 1992 R. Moulton & P. Lloyd (BNC) 37 Brown parcel paper, the back of wallpaper left over from that last bout of home decorating, or drafting paper would be ideal. 1884 4 Jan. 6/4 Sharpe was thrown against the parcel shelf [of the mail train]. 1951 2 May 386/3 There are two useful parcel shelves unobtrusively located beneath the front seat cushions. 1976 '77 15/4 With the parcel shelf folded away, and the rear seat folded flat, you've suddenly got 49 cu. ft. 1993 May 22/3 If you want a four-speaker system, mounting the rear ones on the parcel shelf will give the best results for the driver. 1969 93/1 Parcel Tankers, Inc. Agent: Interocean Steamship Corp. 1973 May 297/1 The typical modern purpose-built parcel tanker is a complex and expensive investment. 1991 (UNESCO) No. 162. 181 Bulk liquid chemicals, once handled aboard general cargo ships in drums and carboys, are now carried in specially constructed chemical parcel tankers. 1932 1 July 12/4 Other points general to these models are..a useful parcel tray below the newly-designed instrument panel. 2003 (Nexis) 30 July h2 The plastic, roof-mounted parcel tray and light bar were, for me, a bit over the top. Derivatives the world > relative properties > wholeness > incompleteness > [adverb] a1475 (?a1430) J. Lydgate tr. G. Deguileville (Vitell.) 9759 The sowle pryncypally Susteneth & bereth the body; And parcel-lyk..The body bereth by accident The sowle. 1567 J. Maplet f. 26 The rest of time hath he in part and parcell like so disposed and ordred of Nature to lay holde on..the other life above this. the world > relative properties > wholeness > incompleteness > part of whole > [adverb] > in separated pieces > by pieces or piecemeal 1647 J. Trapp (Heb. ix. 8) The mystery of Christ was manifested piecemeal and parsel-wise. 1876 ‘G. Eliot’ II. iii. xxi. 45 Looking at life parcel-wise. 1906 W. F. Barry 22 The mechanical, not to say carnal and indolent, habit of reading the Scriptures parcelwise, overlooking the context, [etc.]. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online June 2022). parcelv. Inflections: Present participle parcelling, (chiefly U.S.) parceling; past tense and past participle parcelled, (chiefly U.S.) parceled; Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: parcel n. Etymology: < parcel n. Compare Anglo-Norman parceller to divide into portions (14th cent. or earlier), French parceller to divide into parcels or very small portions (1760; compare Middle French, French †parcellé, past participle in sense ‘(of a surface) divided into fields’, 1458 as parsellé), post-classical Latin parcellare to set out in detail (1526 in a British source).The connection of sense 3 is not apparent, and it is perhaps a distinct word. Compare parcelling n. 3. 1. the mind > possession > giving > distributing or dealing out > distribute or deal out [verb (transitive)] > divide into shares > divide and share out the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > action of dividing or divided condition > divide [verb (transitive)] > into parcels or portions 1416 in H. M. Flasdieck (1926) 54 (MED) x s. to be paied to the Bysshopp of Rouchester, wyche x s., for ese of the lordeshipp, was parcelled owte be sir John of Leneham and other that were lordes of Benecrouche, that every man knewe what he shulde bere to the porcon of this x s. 1584–5 in T. West (1774) 160 Devydinge, percellinge, and porcioninge of tenements. 1610 A. Willet 319 H. Broughton..doth thus parcell out the yeares. 1639 T. Fuller v. iii. 232 Whose verdict we will parcel into these severall particulars. c1680 W. Beveridge (1729) I. 406 As if the universe was to be parcell'd out among many. 1727 A. Pope et al. Περι Βαθους: Art of Sinking 72 in J. Swift et al. Divided into several Branches, and parcel'd out to several Trades. 1796 J. Morse (new ed.) II. 532 The empire..was parcelled into twelve grand divisions. 1841 C. Dickens i. xv. 170 The mean houses parcelled off in rooms. 1885 c. 77 §16 Tracts of land to be parcelled out in allotments. 1901 J. Conrad & F. M. Hueffer xiv. 229 I felt a sudden mental falling away... I had grown so used to the idea that she was to parcel out the remainder of my life. 1989 26 Oct. 25/1 The traditional approach to nursing has revolved round parcelling out tasks; Nurse X does the dressings and Nurse Y the observations. the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > action of dividing or divided condition > divide [verb (transitive)] 1652 J. Hall tr. Longinus 72 Things being scatter'd and parcell'd one from another can never close into any Height. 1699 Bp. G. Burnet (1700) xxii. 242 St. Stephen's and St. James's Bones might have been then parcelled about. 1863 Ld. Lytton I. i. i. 21 Before nightfall we shall be parcelled off to our different destinations. a1616 W. Shakespeare (1623) v. ii. 159 O Cæsar, what a wounding shame is this,..that mine owne Seruant should Parcell the summe of my disgraces, by Addition of his Enuy. View more context for this quotation society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > shipbuilding and repairing > build a ship [verb (transitive)] > fit out or equip > ropework operations society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > shipbuilding and repairing > build a ship [verb (transitive)] > fit out or equip > make watertight > cover seams with canvas and or or pitch 1625 H. Mainwaring (MS BL Add. 21571) 182 To Parcel or Parcelling... Heat a little Pitch and Tarre verie hott, and poure upon this Canvasse, and all this togeath is called parcelling a seame. 1691 T. Hale p. xx The Bolt-heads, &c., being fairly parcelled. 1775 N. D. Falck 54 These rings were parcelled with canvas, and served with inch rope. 1842 W. T. Brande 888/1 Parcel a rope, in Naval language, to cover it smoothly with tarred canvass, which is then bound over with spun-yarn. 1874 F. G. D. Bedford x. 313 Three men can worm, parcel, and serve 2 fathoms of 12-inch in an hour. 1955 C. N. Longridge ii. xiii. 216 After worming the rope was ‘parcelled’ by bandaging it with narrow strips of tarred canvas. 1990 Spring 35/1 Neville Leishman patiently spliced halyards, braces, topping lifts, fore-guys and jib and mainsheets, meticulously worming, serving and parcelling each one with oiled marlin. the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > gather together [verb (transitive)] > make into a pack or parcel 1775 J. Ash Parcel,..to make up into a small bundle. c1887 J. Croll in J. C. Irons (1896) 70 Learned in the mechanical art of weighing and parcelling up the tea. 1898 24 Sept. 10/6 Girls..wanted for parcelling card-board boxes. 1968 1 Aug. 152/2 His protest at the killing in Vietnam is at least original: he parcels up a rich turd and mails it to the White House. 1994 S. Murphey vi. 96 The hatchery takes full advantage of their ‘packed lunches’ by parceling them up on their birthdays, for immediate delivery. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). <  n.adv.adj.a1325 v.1416 |
/ˈpæsəl/, 1800s– passell, 1800s– passle, 1800s– pazil (Manx English), 1900s– passul (U.S.).