Dispart

Definition:

  • (v. t.) To part asunder; to divide; to separate; to sever; to rend; to rive or split; as, disparted air; disparted towers.
  • (v. i.) To separate, to open; to cleave.
  • (n.) The difference between the thickness of the metal at the mouth and at the breech of a piece of ordnance.
  • (n.) 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.
  • (v. t.) To make allowance for the dispart in (a gun), when taking aim.
  • (v. t.) To furnish with a dispart sight.

Compare dispart with other words:

dispart vs. disport

dispart vs. gun

dispart vs. trunnion

dispart vs. muzzle

dispart vs. ordnance

breech vs. dispart

dispart vs. mouth

dispart vs. distribute

dispart vs. divide

dispart vs. separate

dispart vs. part

dispart vs. patch