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Etymology 1 edit

From Italian dispartire and its source, Latin dispartire.

Verb edit

dispart (third-person singular simple present disparts, present participle disparting, simple past and past participle disparted)

  1. (transitive, now rare) To part, separate.
  2. (intransitive, obsolete) To divide, divide up, distribute.

Etymology 2 edit

Noun edit

dispart (plural disparts)

  1. 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.
  2. 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 edit

dispart (third-person singular simple present disparts, present participle disparting, simple past and past participle disparted)

  1. (transitive) To furnish with a dispart sight.
  2. (transitive) To make allowance for the dispart in (a gun), when taking aim.
    • 1583, Richard Lucars, Arte of Shooting:
      Every gunner, before he shoots, must truly dispart his piece.