Dispart

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1. Verb

To part asunder; to divide; to separate; to sever; to rend; to rive or split; as, disparted air; disparted towers.

2. Verb

To separate, to open; to cleave.

3. Noun

The difference between the thickness of the metal at the mouth and at the breech of a piece of ordnance.

4. Noun

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.

5. Verb

To make allowance for the dispart in (a gun), when taking aim.

6. Verb

To furnish with a dispart sight.
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