parting

adj : delivered at the moment of parting as if in flight or

retreat; "paused to deliver a parting shot at the

door"; "a Parthian volley of expletives from Uncle

Billy"- Bret Harte [syn: {parthian}]

n : the act of departing politely; "he disliked long farewells";

"he took his leave" [syn: {farewell}, {leave}, {leave-taking}]

farming

[Adelaide University, Australia] What the heads of a disk

drive are said to do when they plow little furrows in the

magnetic media. Associated with a {head crash}. Typically

used as follows: "Oh no, the machine has just crashed; I hope

the hard drive hasn't gone {farming} again."

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