to part a cable

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to part a cable - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Part \Part\ (p[aum]rt), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Parted; p. pr. &
     vb. n. Parting.] [F. partir, L. partire, partiri, p. p.
     partitus, fr. pars, gen. partis, a part. See Part, n.]
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     1. To divide; to separate into distinct parts; to break into
        two or more parts or pieces; to sever. "Thou shalt part it
        in pieces." --Lev. ii. 6.
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              There, [celestial love] parted into rainbow hues.
                                                    --Keble.
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     2. To divide into shares; to divide and distribute; to allot;
        to apportion; to share.
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              To part his throne, and share his heaven with thee.
                                                    --Pope.
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              They parted my raiment among them.    --John xix.
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     3. To separate or disunite; to cause to go apart; to remove
        from contact or contiguity; to sunder.
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              The Lord do so to me, and more also, if aught but
              death part thee and me.               --Ruth i. 17.
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              While he blessed them, he was parted from them, and
              carried up into heaven.               --Luke xxiv.
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              The narrow seas that part
              The French and English.               --Shak.
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     4. Hence: To hold apart; to stand between; to intervene
        betwixt, as combatants.
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              The stumbling night did part our weary powers.
                                                    --Shak.
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     5. To separate by a process of extraction, elimination, or
        secretion; as, to part gold from silver.
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              The liver minds his own affair, . . .
              And parts and strains the vital juices. --Prior.
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     6. To leave; to quit. [Obs.]
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              Since presently your souls must part your bodies.
                                                    --Shak.
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     7. To separate (a collection of objects) into smaller
        collections; as, to part one's hair in the middle.
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     To part a cable (Naut.), to break it.
  
     To part company, to separate, as travelers or companions.
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