PARCELING

n.

2 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

The act of dividing and distributing in portions or parts.

2.
n.

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.


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