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Given when departing; as, a parting shot; a parting salute. "Give him that parting kiss." Shak.

Imparting by one's own, or by its own, powers and will. Norris.

A summit from the opposite sides of which rain waters flow to different streams; a line separating the drainage districts of two streams or coasts; a divide.

Good-by; farewell; an expression of kind wishes at parting.

Irregular; departing from common or established rules.

Sung or addressed to one departing; valedictory; as, apoplectic songs or hymns.

The act of imparting balsamic properties.

Imparting happiness or bliss; fraught with happiness; blissful; joyful. "Then was a blessed time." "So blessed a disposition." Shak.

Imparting strength or tone; strengthening; invigorating; as, a bracing north wind.

An opening caused by the parting of any solid body; a crack or breach; a flaw. Stain or brack in her sweet reputation. J. Fletcher.

roken English; imperfectly spoken on account of emotion; as, to say a few broken words at parting. Amidst the broken words and loud weeping of those grave senators. Macaulay. Broken ground. (a) (Mil.) Rough or uneven ground; as, the troops were retarded in their advance by broken ground. (b) Ground recently opened with…

To regulate by musical measure. These parting numbers, cadenced by my grief. Philips.

he direction of the dividing plane; a fragment obtained by cleaving, as of a diamond. See Parting.

netism), the power or force which in iron or steel produces a slowness or difficulty in imparting magnetism to it, and also interposes an obstacle to the return of a bar to its natural state when active magnetism has ceased. It plainly depends on the molecular constitution of the metal. Nichol. The power of resisting m…

A tooth, cam, or catch for imparting or receiving motion, as on a gear wheel, or a lifter or wiper on a shaft; originally, a separate piece of wood set in a mortise in the face of a wheel.

d mind; as, the consolations of religion. Comfort supposes the relief to be afforded by imparting positive enjoyment, as well as a diminution of pain. "Consolation, or comfort, signifies some alleviation to that pain to which it is not in our power to afford the proper and adequate remedy; they imply rather an augmenta…

Affording or imparting comfort or consolation; able to comfort; cheering; as, a comfortable hope. "Kind words and comfortable." Cowper. A comfortable provision made for their subsistence. Dryden.

e next; as, the coming week or year; the coming exhibition. Welcome the coming, speed the parting, guest. Pope. Your coming days and years. Byron.

Imparting knowledge or information. Canonical and communicatory letters. Barrow.

The act of taking leave; parting ceremony; farewell; also, dismissal.