"Parting" is a word in ENGLISH
The separation and determination of alloys; esp., the
separation, as by acids, of gold from silver in the assay button.
A surface or line of separation where a division occurs.
Serving to part; dividing; separating.
Given when departing; as, a parting shot; a parting
salute.
Admitting of being parted; partible.
The breaking, as of a cable, by violence.
A joint or fissure, as in a coal seam.
A separation; a leave-taking.
The surface of the sand of one section of a mold where it
meets that of another section.
Lamellar separation in a crystallized mineral, due to some
other cause than cleavage, as to the presence of twinning lamellae.
The act of parting or dividing; the state of being parted;
division; separation.
of Part
Departing.
Father Hobbe, his cassock skirts hitched up to his waist, was fighting with a quarterstaff, ramming the pole into French faces. ‘In the name of the Father,’ he shouted, and a Frenchman reeled back with a pulped eye, ‘and of the Son,’ Father Hobbe snarled as he broke a man’s nose, ‘and of the Holy Ghost!
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Mr. Smith was brought to Mercy Hospital (a Catholic hospital),and taken quickly in for coronary surgery. The operation wentwell and, as the groggy man regained consciousness, he wasreassured by a Sister of Mercy, who was waiting by his bed."Mr. Smith, you're going to be just fine," said the nun, gentlypatting his hand. "We do need to know, however, how you intend topay for your stay here. Are you covered by insurance?""No, I'm not," the man whispered hoarsely."Then can you pay in cash?" persisted the nun."I'm afraid I cannot, Sister.""Well, do you have any close relatives?" the nun questionedsternly."Just my sister in New Mexico," he volunteered. "But she's ahumble spinster nun.""Oh, I must correct you, Mr. Smith. Nuns are not spinsters - they are married to God.""Wonderful," said Mr. Smith. "In that case, please send the bill to my brother-in -law."
A prefix in many words of Latin origin. It signifies from, away , separating, or departure, as in abduct, abstract, …
Read the complete definitionThe movement which separates a limb or other part from the axis, or middle line, of the body.
Read the complete definitionApplied to one of the cases of the noun in Latin and some other languages, -- the fundamental meaning of …
Read the complete definitionA sudden breaking off; a violent separation of bodies.
Read the complete definitionA separating; removal; also, an abscess.
Read the complete definitionConsidered apart from any application to a particular object; separated from matter; existing in the mind only; as, abstract truth, …
Read the complete definitionA state of separation from other things; as, to consider a subject in the abstract, or apart from other associated …
Read the complete definitionTo separate, as the more volatile or soluble parts of a substance, by distillation or other chemical processes. In this …
Read the complete definitionTo separate, as ideas, by the operation of the mind; to consider by itself; to contemplate separately, as a quality …
Read the complete definitionTo withdraw; to separate; to take away.
Read the complete definitionWithdraw; separate.
Read the complete definitionSeparated or disconnected; withdrawn; removed; apart.
Read the complete definitionSeparated from matter; abstract; ideal.
Read the complete definitionIn an abstracted manner; separately; with absence of mind.
Read the complete definitionA separation of volatile parts by the act of distillation.
Read the complete definitionThe act process of leaving out of consideration one or more properties of a complex object so as to attend …
Read the complete definitionThe act of abstracting, separating, or withdrawing, or the state of being withdrawn; withdrawal.
Read the complete definitionA separation from worldly objects; a recluse life; as, a hermit's abstraction.
Read the complete definitionIn a abstract manner; separately; in or by itself.
Read the complete definitionIn an abstract state or manner; separately; absolutely; by itself; as, matter abstractly considered.
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