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Webster 1913 Edition
Parting
1.
Serving to part; dividing; separating.
2.
Given when departing;
“Give him that parting kiss.” as, a
parting
shot; a parting
salute. Shak.
3.
Departing.
“Speed the parting guest.” Pope.
4.
Admitting of being parted; partible.
Parting fellow
, a partner.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.
– 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.
Par′ting
(pärt′ĭng)
, Noun.
1.
The act of parting or dividing; the state of being parted; division; separation.
“The parting of the way.” Ezek. xxi. 21.
2.
A separation; a leave-taking.
Shak.
And there were sudden
The life from out young hearts.
partings
, such as pressThe life from out young hearts.
Byron.
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 lamellæ.
Webster 1828 Edition
Parting
P`ARTING
,ppr.
1.
a. Given at separation; as a parting kiss or look.2.
Departing; declining; as the parting day.P`ARTING
,Noun.
1.
In chimistry, an operation by which gold and silver are separated from each other by different menstruums.2.
In seamen's language, the breaking of a cable by violence.