parceling : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: parceling	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
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" Synonym(s): allotment, apportionment, apportioning, allocation, parceling, parcelling, assignation
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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. [bd]Their woes are parceled, mine are general.[b8] --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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.