PARCEL

parcel. Parcel, n. a small bundle, lot, set, company

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