Parting

a.	1.	Serving to part; dividing; separating.
	2.	Given when departing; as, a parting shot; a parting salute.
	3.	Departing.
	4.	Admitting of being parted; partible. Parting fellow a partner. Parting pulley See under Pulley. - Chaucer. 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.
n.	1.	The act of parting or dividing; the state of being parted; division; separation.
	2.	A separation; a leave-taking. 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 lamellæ.

Noun	1.	parting - the act of departing politely; "he disliked long farewells"; "he took his leave"; "parting is such sweet sorrow" Synonyms: leave-taking, farewell, leave
Adj.	1.	parting - 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 Synonyms: parthian

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