Par″cel, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Parceled (?) or Parcelled; p. pr. & vb. n.Parceling or Parcelling.]
1. To divide and distribute by parts or portions; — often with out or into. “Their woes are parceled, mine are general.” Shak.
These ghostly kings would parcel out my power. Dryden.
The broad woodland parceled into farms. Tennyson.
2. To add a parcel or item to; to itemize.
That mine own servant should
Parcel the sum of my disgraces by
Addition of his envy. Shak.
3. To make up into a parcel; as, to parcel a customer's purchases; the machine parcels yarn, wool, etc.
To parcel a rope(Naut.), to wind strips of tarred canvas tightly arround it. Totten. — To parcel a seam(Naut.), to cover it with a strip of tarred canvas.