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Parting   /pˈɑrtɪŋ/   Listen
noun
Parting  n.  
1.
The act of parting or dividing; the state of being parted; division; separation. "The parting of the way."
2.
A separation; a leave-taking. "And there were sudden partings, such as press The life from out young hearts."
3.
A surface or line of separation where a division occurs.
4.
(Founding) The surface of the sand of one section of a mold where it meets that of another section.
5.
(Chem.) The separation and determination of alloys; esp., the separation, as by acids, of gold from silver in the assay button.
6.
(Geol.) A joint or fissure, as in a coal seam.
7.
(Naut.) The breaking, as of a cable, by violence.
8.
(Min.) Lamellar separation in a crystallized mineral, due to some other cause than cleavage, as to the presence of twinning lamellae.


verb
Part  v. t.  (past & past part. parted; pres. part. parting)  
1.
To divide; to separate into distinct parts; to break into two or more parts or pieces; to sever. "Thou shalt part it in pieces." "There, (celestial love) parted into rainbow hues."
2.
To divide into shares; to divide and distribute; to allot; to apportion; to share. "To part his throne, and share his heaven with thee." "They parted my raiment among them."
3.
To separate or disunite; to cause to go apart; to remove from contact or contiguity; to sunder. "The Lord do so to me, and more also, if aught but death part thee and me." "While he blessed them, he was parted from them, and carried up into heaven." "The narrow seas that part The French and English."
4.
Hence: To hold apart; to stand between; to intervene betwixt, as combatants. "The stumbling night did part our weary powers."
5.
To separate by a process of extraction, elimination, or secretion; as, to part gold from silver. "The liver minds his own affair,... And parts and strains the vital juices."
6.
To leave; to quit. (Obs.) "Since presently your souls must part your bodies."
7.
To separate (a collection of objects) into smaller collections; as, to part one's hair in the middle.
To part a cable (Naut.), to break it.
To part company, to separate, as travelers or companions.


Part  v. i.  
1.
To be broken or divided into parts or pieces; to break; to become separated; to go asunder; as, rope parts; his hair parts in the middle.
2.
To go away; to depart; to take leave; to quit each other; hence, to die; often with from. "He wrung Bassanio's hand, and so they parted." "He owned that he had parted from the duke only a few hours before." "His precious bag, which he would by no means part from."
3.
To perform an act of parting; to relinquish a connection of any kind; followed by with or from; as, to part with one's money. "Celia, for thy sake, I part With all that grew so near my heart." "Powerful hands... will not part Easily from possession won with arms." "It was strange to him that a father should feel no tenderness at parting with an only son."
4.
To have a part or share; to partake. (Obs.) "They shall part alike."


adjective
Parting  adj.  
1.
Serving to part; dividing; separating.
2.
Given when departing; as, a parting shot; a parting salute. "Give him that parting kiss."
3.
Departing. "Speed the parting guest."
4.
Admitting of being parted; partible.
Parting fellow, a partner. (Obs.)
Parting pulley. See under Pulley.
Parting sand (Founding), dry, nonadhesive sand, sprinkled upon the partings of a mold to facilitate the separation.
Parting strip (Arch.), in a sash window, one of the thin strips of wood let into the pulley stile to keep the sashes apart; also, the thin piece inserted in the window box to separate the weights.
Parting tool (Mach.), a thin tool, used in turning or planing, for cutting a piece in two.





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"Parting" Quotes from Famous Books



... followed him to the great gate, and there stopped, some cursing, some laughing. To give Martin Lightfoot a yard advantage was never to come up with him again. Some called for bows to bring him down with a parting shot. But Hereward forbade them; and stood leaning against the gate-post, watching him trot on like a lean wolf over the lawn, till he was lost in the great elm-woods ...
— Hereward, The Last of the English • Charles Kingsley
... to be abandoned without an effort. Yet hardly had he transferred the last case of cartridges to his boat than he became aware that the Doomsmen were close upon him, and this time he got a bruised shoulder from a spent cross-bolt by way of a parting salute. The canoe was heavily laden, but fortunately the wind had gone down with the sun, and the water was unusually smooth. Constans bent to his paddle, shaping his course to the southwest, the direction of his old ...
— The Doomsman • Van Tassel Sutphen
... table I always felt that Mr. Gladstone was my best friend in England. He had a sense of humor, so I said: "Is there anything pointed in asking the tea king to a tea?" That amused Gladstone. He could not forgive Lipton parting ...
— The Log-Cabin Lady, An Anonymous Autobiography • Unknown
... the whole current of my thoughts was changed. My first meeting with Lucy, my boyhood's dream of ambition, my plighted faith, my thought of our last parting in Dublin, when, in a moment of excited madness, I told my tale of love. I remembered her downcast look, as her cheek now flushing, now growing pale, she trembled while I spoke. I thought of her, as in the crash of battle her image flashed across my brain, and made me ...
— Charles O'Malley, The Irish Dragoon, Volume 2 (of 2) • Charles Lever
... but firmly believed that in trying to found "British greatness on Indian happiness" they were carrying out the mission which it had pleased Providence to entrust to the British people. Dalhousie's parting hope and prayer, when he left India, broken in health but not in spirit, after eight years of intensely strenuous service, was that "in all time to come these reports from the Presidencies and provinces under our rule may form in each successive year a happy record ...
— India, Old and New • Sir Valentine Chirol


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