P`ARTING, ppr. from part. Dividing separating breaking in pieces.
1. a. Given at separation as a parting kiss or look.
2. Departing declining as the parting day.
P`ARTING, n. Division separation. Ezekiel 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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