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parting |
4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Parting \Par"ting\, n. 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 partings, such as press The 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 lamell[ae]. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Parting \Par"ting\, a. [From {Part}, v.] 1. Serving to part dividing; separating. 2. Given when departing; as a parting shot; a parting salute. ``Give him that parting kiss.'' --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 From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Part \Part\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Parted}; p. pr & vb n. {Parting}.] [F. partir, L. partire partiri p. p. partitus fr pars, gen. partis, a part See {Part}, n.] 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.'' --Lev. ii 6. There [celestial love] parted into rainbow hues. --Keble. 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. --Pope. They parted my raiment among them --John xix. 24. 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 --Ruth i. 17. While he blessed them he was parted from them and carried up into heaven. --Luke xxiv. 51. The narrow seas that part The French and English. --Shak. 4. Hence: To hold apart; to stand between; to intervene betwixt, as combatants. The stumbling night did part our weary powers. --Shak. 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. --Prior. 6. To leave to quit [Obs.] Since presently your souls must part your bodies. --Shak. {To part a cable} (Naut.), to break it {To part company}, to separate, as travelers or companions. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: parting adj : delivered at the moment of parting as if in flight or retreat; "paused to deliver a parting shot at the door"; "a Parthian volley of expletives from Uncle Billy"- Bret Harte [syn: {parthian}] n : the act of departing politely; "he disliked long farewells"; "he took his leave" [syn: {farewell}, {leave}, {leave-taking}]
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