单词 | parcelmeal |
释义 | † parcelmealadv. Obsolete. By parcels, parts, or portions; in small portions at a time; bit by bit, piecemeal. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > incompleteness > part of whole > [adverb] > in separated pieces > by pieces or piecemeal limb-mealc1050 morsel-mealc1300 piecemealc1325 gobbetmealc1384 parcelmeala1387 plotmeala1450 gobbetly1552 threadmeal1565 piecemealwise1589 parcelwise1647 piecewise1674 a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1865) I. 17 (MED) Þat is in oþer bookes i-write welwyde and parcel mele i-plaunted, here it is i-putte togidre in rule and in ordre. c1400 (a1376) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Trin. Cambr. R.3.14) (1960) A. iii. 70 Men..þat most harm werchiþ To þe pore peple þat parcelmel [v.r. parcemel] biggen. c1425 (c1390) G. Chaucer Parson's Tale (Petworth) 1006 Þow shalt schryve þe of alle þi synnes to oo man, and nouȝt parcell mele [v.rr. a parcel] to oon man and parsel mele to a noþer man. 1476 Will of Sir John Crosby (P.R.O.: PROB. 11/6) f. 185 Ley down the said C li. parcelemele as the werkes thereof go forthward. 1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Matt. ii. 26 Which in time and by parsel meale, should be promulgated. 1596 Bp. W. Barlow tr. L. Lavater Three Christian Serm. ii. 64 We will..examine them parcell meale. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adv.a1387 |
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