partings

Noun

parting (countable and uncountable, plural partings)

1. The act of parting or dividing; division; separation.
2. The state of being parted.
   • The parting of the way.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Ezekiel 21:21
3. A farewell, the act of departing politely.
   • And there were sudden partings,such as press / The life from out young hearts.1816, Lord Byron, “Canto III”, in Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage. Canto the Third, London: […] [F]or John Murray, […], →OCLC, stanza XXIV
4. (UK) The dividing line formed by combing the hair in different directions.
   • Margaret Thatcher’s 80s power suits were scrutinised; David Cameron’s switching of his parting was national news (Cameron later nominated his barber for an MBE); and eyebrows were raised at Theresa May’s favourite and incongruous Frida Kahlo bracelet.2019 September 13, Hannah Jane Parkinson, “Canvas of lies: what Dominic Cummings' dress sense tells us about Brexit”, in The Guardian, →ISSN

   Synonyms:

   part

5. (founding) The joint or connected between two surfaces of one section of a mould.
6. The separation and determination of alloys; especially, the separation, as by acids, of gold from silver in the assay button.

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