dispart
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dispart¹
Rhymes with -ɑː(ɹ)t
Where it comes from
From Italian dispartire and its source, Latin dispartire.
verb disparts · disparting · disparted
- To part, separate. […] that same mighty man of God, / That bloud-red billowes like a walled front / On either side disparted with his rod […]
- To divide, divide up, distribute. Them in twelue troupes their Captain did dispart / And round about in fittest steades did place […]
dispart²
Rhymes with -ɑː(ɹ)t
noun disparts
- The difference between the thickness of the metal at the mouth and at the breech of a piece of ordnance. 1854-1862, Charles Knight, "DISPART", in English Cyclopaedia 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.
- 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.
verb disparts · disparting · disparted
- To furnish with a dispart sight.
- To make allowance for the dispart in (a gun), when taking aim. Every gunner, before he shoots, must truly dispart his piece.
