'Parceling' definitions:
Definition of 'parceling'
(from WordNet)
noun
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, parceling, parcelling, assignation]
Definition of 'Parceling'
From: GCIDE
- Parceling \Par"cel*ing\, n. [Written also parcelling.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. The act of dividing and distributing in portions or parts. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Parceling'
From: GCIDE
- Parcel \Par"cel\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Parceledor Parcelled; p. pr. & vb. n. Parceling or Parcelling.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. To divide and distribute by parts or portions; -- often with out or into. "Their woes are parceled, mine are general." --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- These ghostly kings would parcel out my power. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- The broad woodland parceled into farms. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To add a parcel or item to; to itemize. [R.] [1913 Webster]
- That mine own servant should Parcel the sum of my disgraces by Addition of his envy. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To make up into a parcel; as, to parcel a customer's purchases; the machine parcels yarn, wool, etc. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]