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Webster 1913 Edition

Dispart

Dis-part′

,
Verb.
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]
Them in twelve troops their captain did
dispart
.
Spenser.
The world will be whole, and refuses to be
disparted
.
Emerson.

Dis-part′

,
Verb.
I.
To separate, to open; to cleave.

Dis-part′

,
Noun.
1.
(Gun.)
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.)
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′

,
Verb.
T.
1.
(Gun.)
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.)
To furnish with a dispart sight.

Webster 1828 Edition

Dispart

DISPART

,
Verb.
T.
[dis and part. L. See Part. Dis and part both imply separation.] To part asunder; to divide; to separate; to sever; to burst; to rend; to rive or split; as disparted air; disparted towers; disparted chaos. [An elegant poetic word.]

DISPART

,
Verb.
I.
To separate; to open; to cleave.

DISPART

,
Noun.
In gunnery, the thickness of the metal of a piece of ordnance at the mouth and britch.

DISPART

,
Verb.
T.
In gunnery, to set a mark on the muzzle-ring of a piece of ordnance, so that a sight-line from the top of the base-ring to the mark on or near the muzzle may be parallel to the axis of the bore or hollow cylinder.

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