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Definition of Parceled out
1. Adjective. Given out in portions.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Parceled Out
Literary usage of Parceled out
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Chicago to Naples: Our Twelve Months' Tour Through the British Isles, France by Robert Clark (1885)
"... Maryland to Lord Baltimore, Pennsylvania to William Penn ; the Carol in as
were parceled out to a number of adventurers by grants from Charles I. and II ..."
2. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1908)
"In the eager rush of the European powers which followed, the great continent,
has been parceled out as a gold-field is parceled out by prospectors who ..."
3. The Arena by Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) (1906)
"As JS Mill has well said, it is not a pleasant and cheerful prospect, if, in the
future, the land must all be parceled out and intensively cultivated. ..."
4. Lawyers' Reports Annotated by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1905)
"... for the common use of the new community about to be established, or private
property, to be parceled out and sold to individuals, for his own beneat. ..."
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