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

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