Parcel \Par"cel\, a. & adv. Part or half; in part; partially. --Shak. [Sometimes hyphened with the word following.] [1913 Webster] The worthy dame was parcel-blind. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster] One that . . . was parcel-bearded [partially bearded]. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster] {Parcel poet}, a half poet; a poor poet. [Obs.] --B. Jonson. [1913 Webster]