Category:Parting

Par"ting, a. Etym: [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.

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)

Defn: the surface of the sand of one section of a mold where it meets That of another section.

5. (chem.)

Defn: the separation and determination of alloys; esp., the Separation, as by acids, of gold from silver in the assay button.

6. (geol.)

Defn: a joint or fissure, as in a coal seam.

7. (naut.)

Defn: the breaking, as of a cable, by violence.

8. (min.)

Defn: lamellar separation in a crystallized mineral, due to some Other cause than cleavage, as to the presence of twinning lamellæ.