Emily Dickinson Lexicon

PAR-TI'TION, n. [L. partitio, from partio, to divide.]

1. The act of dividing, or state of being divided.
2. Division; separation; distinction. And good from bad find no partition. – Shak.
3. Separate part; as, lodged in a small partition. – Milton.
4. That by which different parts are separated; as, a partition of wood or stone in a building.
5. Part where separation is made. No sight could pass / Betwixt the nice partitions of the grass. – Dryden.
6. Division of an estate into severalty, which is done by deed of partition. Blackstone.