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† ˈparcelmeal, adv. Obs.
[f. parcel n. + -meal.]
By ‘parcels’ or portions; in small portions at a time; bit by bit, piecemeal.
1362Langl. P. Pl. A. iii. 72 Men..þat most harm worchen, To þe pore people þat percel-mel buggen. 14..Chaucer's Pars. T. ⁋932 (Petw. MS.) Þow shalt schryve þe of alle þi synnes to oo man and nouȝt parcell mele [so Lansd. MS.; other MSS. a parcel] to oon man and parsel mele to a noþer man. 1476Will of Crosby (Somerset Ho.), Ley down the said C li. parcelemele as the werkes thereof go forthward. 1548Udall Erasm. Par. Matt. ii. 26 Which in time and by parsel meale, should be promulgated. 1596Bp. W. Barlow Three Serm. ii. 64 We will..examine them parcell meale. |