parcel : Idioms & Phrases


Bill of parcels

  • an account given by the seller to the buyer of the several articles purchased, with the price of each.
Webster 1913

parcel bomb

  • noun a thin explosive device inside an envelope or package and detonated when opened
    letter bomb; package bomb.
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parcel of land

  • noun an extended area of land
    piece of land; piece of ground; parcel; tract.
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Parcel office

  • an office where parcels are received for keeping or forwarding and delivery.
Webster 1913

parcel out

  • verb administer or bestow, as in small portions
    dish out; deal; dispense; distribute; dole out; administer; allot; lot; deal out; mete out; shell out.
    • administer critical remarks to everyone present
    • dole out some money
    • shell out pocket money for the children
    • deal a blow to someone
    • the machine dispenses soft drinks
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Parcel poet

  • a half poet; a poor poet. Obs.
Webster 1913

Parcel post

  • noun postal service that handles packages
WordNet
  • that department of the post office concerned with the collection and transmission of parcels.
Webster 1913

parcel-mele

Par"cel-mele` adverb
Etymology
See Parcel, and Meal a part.
Definitions
  1. By parcels or parts. Obs. Chaucer.
Webster 1913

parceled out

  • adjective satellite given out in portions
    apportioned; doled out; dealt out; meted out.
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Part and parcel

  • an essential or constituent portion; a reduplicative phrase. Cf. might and main, kith and kin, etc. "She was . . . part and parcel of the race and place." Howitt.
Webster 1913

To parcel a rope

  • (Naut.), to wind strips of tarred canvas tightly arround it. Totten.
Webster 1913

To parcel a seam

  • (Naut.), to cover it with a strip of tarred canvas.
Webster 1913