partisan (1), partizan (1)

& a. [Fr. partisan a partner, a partaker, from Ital. parti giano, partegiano, from Low Latin * part it i an us, from Lat. part it us, pa. par. of part i or to divide; pars (gen it. partis ) =a part.] A. As substantive: I. Ord. Lang.: An adherent of a party or faction: one who is strongly or violently attached to a party or interest. "These partizans of factions." -Daniel: Civil Wars, ii. II. Military: 1. One of a body or detachment of troops sent out on a special enterprise. 2. The commander of such a body or detachment. chin, bench; go, gem; thin, this; "There is yet another partition of history which Cornel i us Tacitus maketh which is not to be forgotten." II. Technically : 1. Arch .: A wall of stone, brick, or timber forming a division between rooms, . 2. Botany : (1) ( Pl .): The deepest divisions into which a partite leaf can be cut without becoming compound. (2) A vertical di epiment dividing a seed-ve el into cells. 3. Her .: One of the several divisions made in a coat when the arms of several families are borne all together on one shield on account of intermarriages or otherwise. [QUARTERING.] 4. Law : Division, as of an estate into severalty. "In the partition of estates, the remedy afforded by courts of equity was always so much more effectual than that obtainable under a writ of partition , that the Court of Chancery early obtained, and has long po e ed, an almost exclusive jurisdiction."-Black stone: Comment., bk. iii., ch. 17. *5. Music: The same as SCORE (q. v.). partition-lines, s. pl. Her.: Those lines by which the shield is cut or divided perpendicularly, diagonally, ., as the party per pale, party per bend, . partition of numbers, 8. Math.: The resolution of integers into parts, subject to certain conditions. partition-wall, s. 1. Lit .: The same as PARTITION, 8., II. 1. *2. Fig .: A division, a fence. "Enclosures our factions have made in the church, become a great partition - wall to keep others out of it."Decay of Picty. sin, as; expect, Xenophon, exist. ph = f. partition par-ti-tion, v. t. [PARTITION, 8.] 3020 IMG:content-0704.png:[blocks in formation] *part-like, adv . [English part , and like .) In parts or shares. "Every man had his part part like ." -Udal : John xix. part-lý, adv . [Eng. part ; -ly .] In some part or degree; in some measure; not wholly; not altogether. "Here lies a heap, half slain and partly drown'd." Drayton: Barons' Wars, ii. part-ner, *par-cen-er, *part-en-er, s . [The same word as_parcener (q v.), from O. Fr. parsonnier, from Low Lat. * partitionarius , part i on arius =common, mutual, from Latin partitio =a division, a partition (q. v.).] I. Ordinary Language: 1. One who has a share or part in anything with a other; a participator, a partaker, an a ociate. "Fair Fortune set me down The partner of an emperor's crown." Scott: Lord of the Isles, iv. 24. 2. Specif.: One who is a ociated with one or more others in a busine ; a member of a partnership; an a ociate in any commercial, manufacturing, or other busine or undertaking. 3. One who dances with another, whether male or female. "Lead in your ladies every one; sweet partner , I must not yet forsake you." Shakesp.: Henry VIII., i. 4. 4. A husband or wife; a consort. "The cottage where she dwelt; And where yet dwells her faithful partner ." Words worth: Excursion, bk. vi. II. Naut .: A framework or bushing in or around a hole in a deck to receive the heel of a mast, bitt, or pump, or to form a basis for the pawls of a capstan