Dispart

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Dispart \Dis*part"\, n.
     1. (Gun.) The difference between the thickness of the metal
        at the mouth and at the breech of a piece of ordnance.
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              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.
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     2. (Gun.) 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}.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Dispart \Dis*part"\, v. t.
     1. (Gun.) To make allowance for the dispart in (a gun), when
        taking aim.
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              Every gunner, before he shoots, must truly dispart
              his piece.                            --Lucar.
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     2. (Gun.) To furnish with a dispart sight.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Dispart \Dis*part"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disparted}; p. pr. &
     vb. n. {Disparting}.] [Pref. dis- + part: cf. OF. despartir.]
     To part asunder; to divide; to separate; to sever; to rend;
     to rive or split; as, disparted air; disparted towers.
     [Archaic]
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           Them in twelve troops their captain did dispart.
                                                    --Spenser.
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           The world will be whole, and refuses to be disparted.
                                                    --Emerson.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Dispart \Dis*part"\, v. i.
     To separate, to open; to cleave.
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