dispart

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   To part, separate.

   • […] that same mighty man of God, / That bloud-red billowes like a walled front / On either side disparted with his rod […]
   • […] tenderly unfringe / Your long and lustrous lashes; cluster down / The mantling glory of deep fragrant hair, / Disparted from each forehead, myrtle-wreath'd, […]
   • The world will be whole, and refuses to be disparted.
2. 2

   To divide, divide up, distribute.

   • Them in twelue troupes their Captain did dispart / And round about in fittest steades did place […]
3. 3

   The difference between the thickness of the metal at the mouth and at the breech of a…

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

   • 1854-1862, Charles Knight, "DISPART", in English Cyclopaedia 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.
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   1. 4

      A piece of metal placed on the muzzle, or near the trunnions, on the top of a piece of…

      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.

   2. 5

      To furnish with a dispart sight.

   3. 6

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

      • Every gunner, before he shoots, must truly dispart his piece.

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