Parting
Parting (part"ing) , adjective
[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.
3.
Departing.
Speed the parting guest.
4.
Admitting of being parted; partible.
Collocations (5)
Parting fellow , a partner. [Obsolete] — 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 (Architecture) , 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 (Machinery) , a thin tool, used in turning or planing, for cutting a piece in two.
Parting (part"ing) , noun
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. — Shakespeare
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.
(Chemistry) The separation and determination of alloys; esp., the separation, as by acids, of gold from silver in the assay button.
6.
(Geology) A joint or fissure, as in a coal seam.
7.
(Nautical) The breaking, as of a cable, by violence.
8.
(Mineralogy) Lamellar separation in a crystallized mineral, due to some other cause than cleavage, as to the presence of twinning lamella.