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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

P`ARTING, ppr. [from part.] Dividing; separating; breaking in pieces.
1. a. Given at separation; as a parting kiss or look.
2. Departing; declining; as the parting day.
P`ARTING, n. Division; separation. Ezek 21.
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.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: the act of departing politely; "he disliked long farewells"; "he took his leave"; "parting is such sweet sorrow" [syn: farewell, leave, leave-taking, parting]
2: a line of scalp that can be seen when sections of hair are combed in opposite directions; "his part was right in the middle" [syn: part, parting]

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Date: 15th century a place or point where a division or separation occurs II. adjective Date: 1562 given, taken, or done at parting <a parting kiss>

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 a leave-taking or departure (often attrib.: parting words). 2 Brit. the dividing line of combed hair. 3 a division; an act of separating. Phrases and idioms: parting shot = PARTHIAN SHOT.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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].

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(partings) 1. Parting is the act of leaving a particular person or place. A parting is an occasion when this happens. It was a dreadfully emotional parting. N-VAR 2. Your parting words or actions are the things that you say or do as you are leaving a place or person. Her parting words left him feeling empty and alone. ADJ: ADJ n 3. The parting in someone's hair is the line running from the front to the back of their head where their hair lies in different directions. (BRIT; in AM, use part) N-COUNT 4. When there is a parting of the ways, two or more people or groups of people stop working together or travelling together. ...a negotiated parting of the ways for the three Baltic republics. PHRASE

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

I. a. 1. Dividing, separating, breaking. 2. Last, farewell, valedictory. 3. Departing, declining. II. n. 1. Breaking, rupture, disruption, severing, tearing asunder. 2. Separation, detachment, division. 3. Leave-taking, farewell.

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