Parcel (?), n. [F. parcelle a small part, fr. (assumed) LL. particella, dim. of L. pars. See Part, n., and cf. Particle.] 1. A portion of anything taken separately; a fragment of a whole; a part. [Archaic] “A parcel of her woe.” Chaucer.
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Two parcels of the white of an egg. Arbuthnot.
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The parcels of the nation adopted different forms of self-government. J. A. Symonds.
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2. (Law) A part; a portion; a piece; as, a certain piece of land is part and parcel of another piece.
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3. An indiscriminate or indefinite number, measure, or quantity; a collection; a group.
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This youthful parcel
Of noble bachelors stand at my disposing. Shak.
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4. A number or quantity of things put up together; a bundle; a package; a packet.
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'Tis like a parcel sent you by the stage. Cowper.
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Bill of parcels. See under 6th Bill. -- Parcel office, an office where parcels are received for keeping or forwarding and delivery. -- Parcel post, that department of the post office concerned with the collection and transmission of parcels; also, the transmission through the parcel post deparment; as, to send a package by parcel post. See parcel post in the vocabulary. -- Part and parcel. See under Part.
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Parcel, a. & adv. Part or half; in part; partially. Shak. [Sometimes hyphened with the word following.]
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The worthy dame was parcel-blind. Sir W. Scott.
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One that . . . was parcel-bearded [partially bearded]. Tennyson.
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Parcel poet, a half poet; a poor poet. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
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