Parting /(pärt"ĭng)/

Par·ting

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.

Phrases & Compounds
Parting fellow
a partner.
Parting pulley
See under Pulley.
Parting sand
dry, nonadhesive sand, sprinkled upon the partings of a mold to facilitate the separation.
Parting strip
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
a thin tool, used in turning or planing, for cutting a piece in two.

Parting

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.
  3. A surface or line of separation where a division occurs.
  4. The surface of the sand of one section of a mold where it meets that of another section. (Founding)
  5. The separation and determination of alloys; esp., the separation, as by acids, of gold from silver in the assay button. (Chem.)
  6. A joint or fissure, as in a coal seam. (Geol.)
  7. The breaking, as of a cable, by violence. (Naut.)
  8. Lamellar separation in a crystallized mineral, due to some other cause than cleavage, as to the presence of twinning lamellæ. (Min.)