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 lamell[ae].
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.
There, [celestial love] parted into rainbow hues.
--Keble.
2. To divide into shares; to divide and distribute; to allot;
to apportion; to share.
To part his throne, and share his heaven with thee.
--Pope.
They parted my raiment among them. --John xix.
24.
3. To separate or disunite; to cause to go apart; to remove
from contact or contiguity; to sunder.
The Lord do so to me, and more also, if aught but
death part thee and me. --Ruth i. 17.
While he blessed them, he was parted from them, and
carried up into heaven. --Luke xxiv.
51.
The narrow seas that part The French and English.
--Shak.
4. Hence: To hold apart; to stand between; to intervene
betwixt, as combatants.
The stumbling night did part our weary powers.
--Shak.
5. To separate by a process of extraction, elimination, or
secretion; as, to part gold from silver.
The liver minds his own affair, . . . And parts and
strains the vital juices. --Prior.
Since presently your souls must part your bodies.
--Shak.
{To part a cable} (Naut.), to break it.
{To part company}, to separate, as travelers or companions.