n.; pl. Coparcenaries [ Pref. co- + parcenary ] (Law) Partnership in inheritance; joint heirship; joint right of succession to an inheritance. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pref. co- + parcener. ] (Law) One who has an equal portion with others of an inheritance. [ 1913 Webster ]

All the coparceners together make but one heir, and have but one estate among them. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Abbrev. of Coparcenary. ] (Law) An equal share of an inheritance. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;; 'epi` over + &unr_; chief, &unr_; supreme power, dominion. ] In ancient Greece, the governor or perfect of a province; in modern Greece, the ruler of an eparchy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; the post or office of an &unr_;. ] A province, prefecture, or territory, under the jurisdiction of an eparch or governor; esp., in modern Greece, one of the larger subdivisions of a monarchy or province of the kingdom; in Russia, a diocese or archdiocese. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. esparcet, esparcette, éparcet, fr. Sp. esparceta, esparcilla. ] (Bot.) The common sainfoin (Onobrychis sativa), an Old World leguminous forage plant. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. papa bishop + -archy. ] Government by a pope; papal rule. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. pl. [ L. ] The Fates. See Fate, 4. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. [ Par + case. ] Perchance; by chance. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Two parcels of the white of an egg. Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]

The parcels of the nation adopted different forms of self-government. J. A. Symonds. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Law) A part; a portion; a piece; as, a certain piece of land is part and parcel of another piece. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. An indiscriminate or indefinite number, measure, or quantity; a collection; a group. [ 1913 Webster ]

This youthful parcel
Of noble bachelors stand at my disposing. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A number or quantity of things put up together; a bundle; a package; a packet. [ 1913 Webster ]

'Tis like a parcel sent you by the stage. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Parceled r Parcelled; p. pr. & vb. n. Parceling or Parcelling. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. To divide and distribute by parts or portions; -- often with out or into. “Their woes are parceled, mine are general.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

These ghostly kings would parcel out my power. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

The broad woodland parceled into farms. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To add a parcel or item to; to itemize. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

That mine own servant should
Parcel the sum of my disgraces by
Addition of his envy. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To make up into a parcel; as, to parcel a customer's purchases; the machine parcels yarn, wool, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

To parcel a rope (Naut.), to wind strips of tarred canvas tightly arround it. Totten. --
To parcel a seam (Naut.), to cover it with a strip of tarred canvas. [ 1913 Webster ]

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 ]

n. [ Written also parcelling. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. The act of dividing and distributing in portions or parts. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Naut.) 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. [ See Parcel, and Meal a part. ] By parcels or parts. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

. That branch of the post office having to do with the collection, transmission, and delivery of parcels{ 4 }. The British Inland Parcel Post was established in 1883. The rates in 1913, dating from 1897, were 3d. for parcels not exceeding one pound and 1d. for each additional pound up to the limit of 10 pounds. A general parcel post was established in the United States by Act of August 24, 1912, which took effect Jan. 1, 1913. At that time, parcels could not exceed 11 pounds in weight nor 72 inches in length and girth combined. Provision is made from insuring parcels, and also for sending parcels C.O.D. The rates of postage vary with the distance. See Zone, below. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC ]

n. [ See Parcener, partner. ] (Law) The holding or occupation of an inheritable estate which descends from the ancestor to two or more persons; coheirship. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ It differs in many respects from joint tenancy, which is created by deed or devise. In the United States there is no essential distinction between parcenary and tenancy in common. Wharton. Kent. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Of. parçonnier, parsonnier, fr. parzon, parçun, parcion, part, portion, fr. L. partitio a division. See Partition, and cf. Partner. ] (Law) A coheir, or one of two or more persons to whom an estate of inheritance descends jointly, and by whom it is held as one estate. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Parched p. pr. & vb. n. Parching. ] [ OE. perchen to pierce, hence used of a piercing heat or cold, OF. perchier, another form of percier, F. percer. See Pierce. ] 1. To burn the surface of; to scorch; to roast over the fire, as dry grain; as, to parch the skin; to parch corn. [ 1913 Webster ]

Ye shall eat neither bread, nor parched corn. Lev. xxiii. 14. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To dry to extremity; to shrivel with heat; as, the mouth is parched from fever. [ 1913 Webster ]

The ground below is parched. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To become scorched or superficially burnt; to be very dry. “Parch in Afric sun.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of being parched. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Pachisi. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. See Pachisi. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Scorching; burning; drying. “Summer's parching heat.” Shak. -- Parch"ing*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

‖ /mhw>, n. [ Hind., fr. pachis twenty-five, the highest throw in the game. ] 1. A game, somewhat resembling backgammon, originating in India. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A game adopted from the Indian game, using disks, as of pasteboard, and dice; it is played on a cross-shaped board. [ U. S. & Eng. ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. + WordNet 1.5 ]

n. same as Pachisi. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. parchemin, perchemin, F. parchemin, LL. pergamenum, L. pergamena, pergamina, fr. L. Pergamenus of or belonging to Pergamus an ancient city of Mysia in Asia Minor, where parchment was first used. ] 1. The skin of a lamb, sheep, goat, young calf, or other animal, prepared for writing on. See Vellum. [ 1913 Webster ]

But here's a parchment with the seal of Cæsar. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The envelope of the coffee grains, inside the pulp. [ 1913 Webster ]

Parchment paper. See Papyrine. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. -ized p. pr. & vb. n. -izing ] To convert to a parchmentlike substance, especially by sulphuric acid. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ L. parcitas, fr. parcus sparing. ] Sparingless. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. See Perclose. ] (Eccl. Arch.) A screen separating a chapel from the body of the church. [ Written also paraclose and perclose. ] Hook. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. toparcha, Gr. &unr_;; &unr_; a place + &unr_; to govern, to rule. ] The ruler or principal man in a place or country; the governor of a toparchy. [ 1913 Webster ]

The prince and toparch of that country. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Toparchies [ L. toparchia, Gr. &unr_;. See Toparch. ] A small state, consisting of a few cities or towns; a petty country governed by a toparch; as, Judea was formerly divided into ten toparchies. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. un- not (intensive) parched. ] Dried up; withered by heat. [ Obs. ] “My tongue . . . unparched.” Crashaw. [ 1913 Webster ]