单词 | parcelled |
释义 | parcelledparceledadj. Divided or distributed into parcels, parts, or portions. Also figurative.In quot. 1597, perhaps: particular (opposed to general). ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > action of dividing or divided condition > [adjective] > divided > divided into parcels or portions parcelled1593 parcellated1971 1593 Acts Parl. Scotl. (1816) IV. 34/2 As also thair stipendis..ȝit restand vntakin vp in sindrie partis, parcellit, [etc.]. 1597 W. Shakespeare Richard III ii. ii. 81 Was neuer mother had a dearer losse: Alas. I am the mother of these mones, Their woes are parceld, mine are generall. View more context for this quotation a1657 G. Daniel Trinarchodia: Henry V ccxxxiv, in Poems (1878) IV. 159 Not liveing Men, but as fixt Statues grew; Polisht by English Swords; cut into halfes And parcell'd faces. a1716 R. South Serm. Several Occasions (1744) XI. 289 There was no building any solid confidence upon a parcelled, curtailed obedience. 1847 Tait's Edinb. Mag. 14 560 The parcelled and the associative systems... With the latter the economies of unitary habitation..might be obtained. 1887 W. G. Palgrave Ulysses 162 The waving emerald of the parcelled rice-field. 1922 E. Blunden Shepherd 10 Flat parcelled fields the scanty paths scored through. 1989 M. Harding Walking Dales (BNC) 106 Below you are spread the patched and parcelled fields of the dale. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1593 |
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