parcel office

Parcel \Par"cel\, n. [F. parcelle a small part, fr. (assumed)
   LL. particella, dim. of L. pars. See {Part}, n., and cf.
   {Particle}.]
   1. A portion of anything taken separately; a fragment of a
      whole; a part. [Archaic] "A parcel of her woe." --Chaucer.
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            Two parcels of the white of an egg.   --Arbuthnot.
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            The parcels of the nation adopted different forms of
            self-government.                      --J. A.
                                                  Symonds.
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   2. (Law) A part; a portion; a piece; as, a certain piece of
      land is part and parcel of another piece.
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   3. An indiscriminate or indefinite number, measure, or
      quantity; a collection; a group.
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            This youthful parcel
            Of noble bachelors stand at my disposing. --Shak.
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   4. A number or quantity of things put up together; a bundle;
      a package; a packet.
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            'Tis like a parcel sent you by the stage. --Cowper.
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   {Bill of parcels}. See under 6th {Bill}.

   {Parcel office}, an office where parcels are received for
      keeping or forwarding and delivery.

   {Parcel post}, that department of the post office concerned
      with the collection and transmission of parcels; also, the
      transmission through the parcel post deparment; as, to
      send a package by parcel post. See {parcel post} in the
      vocabulary.

   {Part and parcel}. See under {Part}.
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