資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Parcel \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. [R.]
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.
Parceling \Par"cel*ing\, n. [Written also parcelling.]
1. The act of dividing and distributing in portions or parts.
2. (Naut.) Long, narrow slips of canvas daubed with tar and
wound about a rope like a bandage, before it is served;
used, also, in mousing on the stayes, etc.
資料來源 : WordNet®
parceling
n : the act of distributing by allotting or apportioning;
distribution according to a plan; "the apportionment of
seats in the House of Representatives is based on the
relative population of each state" [syn: {allotment}, {apportionment},
{apportioning}, {allocation}, {parcelling}, {assignation}]