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. Ezek.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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