Dispart /(?)/
Dis·part
Dispart
v. t.
imp. & p. p. Disparted; p. pr. & vb. n. Disparting
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To part asunder; to divide; to separate; to sever; to rend; to rive or split; as, disparted air; disparted towers. [Archaic]
Them in twelve troops their captain did dispart.
The world will be whole, and refuses to be disparted.
Dispart
v. i.
- To separate, to open; to cleave.
Dispart
n.
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The difference between the thickness of the metal at the mouth and at the breech of a piece of ordnance. (Gun.)
On account of the dispart, the line of aim or line of metal, which is in a plane passing through the axis of the gun, always makes a small angle with the axis.
- A piece of metal placed on the muzzle, or near the trunnions, on the top of a piece of ordnance, to make the line of sight parallel to the axis of the bore; -- called also dispart sight, and muzzle sight. (Gun.)
Dispart
v. t.
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To make allowance for the dispart in (a gun), when taking aim. (Gun.)
Every gunner, before he shoots, must truly dispart his piece.
- To furnish with a dispart sight. (Gun.)