n. - A portion of anything taken separately; a fragment of a whole; a part.
n. - A part; a portion; a piece; as, a certain piece of land is part and parcel of another piece.
n. - An indiscriminate or indefinite number, measure, or quantity; a collection; a group.
n. - A number or quantity of things put up together; a bundle; a package; a packet.
v. t. - To divide and distribute by parts or portions; -- often with out or into.
v. t. - To add a parcel or item to; to itemize.
v. t. - To make up into a parcel; as, to parcel a customer's purchases; the machine parcels yarn, wool, etc.
a. & adv. - Part or half; in part; partially. Shak. [Sometimes hyphened with the word following.]