parting
/ˈpɑɹtɪŋ/ noun C1- The act of parting or dividing; division; separation.
- The state of being parted.
- A farewell, the act of departing politely.
- The joint or connected between two surfaces of one section of a mould.
- The separation and determination of alloys; especially, the separation, as by acids, of gold from silver in the assay button.
- A joint or fissure, as in a coal seam.
- The breaking, as of a cable, by violence.
- Lamellar separation in a crystallized mineral, due to some other cause than cleavage, as to the presence of twinning lamellae.
Plural partings
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When he put his hand on my shoulder as we were parting, it was like a father’s blessing before you go out into the cold, cruel world.”
But she hugged the soft, stuffed body of the Scarecrow in her arms instead of kissing his painted face, and found she was crying herself at this sorrowful parting from her loving comrades.
Diana, wilt thou give me a lock of thy jet-black tresses in parting to treasure forevermore?”
Then she returned to the house, not a little consoled for the time being by this romantic parting.
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