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DISPART
Etymology 1
Verb
dispart (third-person singular simple present disparts, present participle disparting, simple past and past participle disparted)
(transitive, now rare) To part, separate.
(intransitive, obsolete) To divide, divide up, distribute.
Etymology 2
Noun
dispart (plural disparts)
The difference between the thickness of the metal at the mouth and at the breech of a piece of ordnance.
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.
Verb
dispart (third-person singular simple present disparts, present participle disparting, simple past and past participle disparted)
(transitive) To furnish with a dispart sight.
(transitive) To make allowance for the dispart in (a gun), when taking aim.
Every gunner, before he shoots, must truly dispart his piece.
Source: Wiktionary
Dis*part", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disparted; p. pr. & vb. n. Disparting.] Etym: [Pref. dis- + part: cf. OF. despartir.]
Definition: 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. Spenser. The world will be whole, and refuses to be disparted. Emerson.
Dis*part", v. i.
Definition: To separate, to open; to cleave.
Dis*part", n.
1. (Gun.)
Definition: The difference between the thickness of the metal at the mouth and at the breech of a piece of ordnance. 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. Eng. Cys.
2. (Gun.)
Definition: 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.
Dis*part", v. t.
1. (Gun.)
Definition: To make allowance for the dispart in (a gun), when taking aim. Every gunner, before he shoots, must truly dispart his piece. Lucar.
2. (Gun.)
Definition: To furnish with a dispart sight.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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