P'ARTING, participle present tense [from part.] Dividing; separating; breaking in pieces. 1. adjective Given at separation; as a parting kiss or look. 2. Departing; declining; as the parting day. P'ARTING, noun Division; separation. Ezekiel 21:21. 1. In chimistry, an operation by which gold and silver are separated from each other by different menstruums. 2. In seamen's language, the breaking of a cable by violence.
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