1. Noun
A portion of anything taken separately; a fragment of a whole; a part.
2. Noun
A part; a portion; a piece; as, a certain piece of land is part and parcel of another piece.
3. Noun
An indiscriminate or indefinite number, measure, or quantity; a collection; a group.
4. Noun
A number or quantity of things put up together; a bundle; a package; a packet.
5. Verb
To divide and distribute by parts or portions; -- often with out or into.
6. Verb
To add a parcel or item to; to itemize.
7. Verb
To make up into a parcel; as, to parcel a customer's purchases; the machine parcels yarn, wool, etc.
8. Unclassified
Part or half; in part; partially. Shak. [Sometimes hyphened with the word following.]
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