n. 1. The act of parting or dividing; the state of being parted; division; separation. “The parting of the way.” Ezek. xxi. 21. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. A separation; a leave-taking. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ] And there were sudden partings, such as press
The life from out young hearts. Byron. [ 1913 Webster ] 3. A surface or line of separation where a division occurs. [ 1913 Webster ] 4. (Founding) The surface of the sand of one section of a mold where it meets that of another section. [ 1913 Webster ] 5. (Chem.) The separation and determination of alloys; esp., the separation, as by acids, of gold from silver in the assay button. [ 1913 Webster ] 6. (Geol.) A joint or fissure, as in a coal seam. [ 1913 Webster ] 7. (Naut.) The breaking, as of a cable, by violence. [ 1913 Webster ] 8. (Min.) Lamellar separation in a crystallized mineral, due to some other cause than cleavage, as to the presence of twinning lamellæ. [ 1913 Webster ] | 
