Dispart

[dis'pɑ:t]

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.

Typist: Shelley

Synonyms and Synonymous

v. a. Sunder, disunite, separate, divide, sever, dissever, burst, rend, rive, cleave, split, break asunder.

v. n. Separate, part.

Edited by Claudette

Definition

v.t. to part asunder: to divide to separate.—v.i. to separate.—n. the difference between the thickness of metal at the breech and the mouth of a gun.

Inputed by Jesse