That which is divided off or separated, as a part from a whole; a separated part of anything.
An allocated amount.
One's fate; lot.
A wife's fortune; a dowry.
The part of an estate given or falling to a child or heir; an inheritance.
To divide into amounts, as for allocation to specific purposes.
To endow with a portion or inheritance.
A long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment; a splinter.
A narrow high-rise apartment building.
A strand, or slender roll, of cotton or other fiber in a loose, untwisted state, produced by a carding machine and ready for the roving or slubbing which precedes spinning.
Specifically, a splinter caught under the skin.
Bait made of pieces of small fish. Compare kibblings.
A small amount of something; a drop in the bucket; a shred.
To cut or divide into long, thin pieces, or into very small pieces; to cut or rend lengthwise; to slit.