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.
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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 lamellae.
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