| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Noun | 1. The difference between the thickness of the metal at the mouth and at the breech of a piece of ordnance.[Websters]
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; -- called also dispart sight, and muzzle sight.[Websters]. | |
| Verb | 1. To part asunder; to divide; to separate; to sever; to rend; to rive or split; as, disparted air; disparted towers.[Websters]
2. To separate, to open; to cleave.[Websters] 3. To make allowance for the dispart in (a gun), when taking aim.[Websters] 4. To furnish with a dispart sight.[Websters] 5. Seldom used base verb from the following inflections: disparting, disparted, disparts, disparter, disparters, dispartingly and dispartedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "DISPART" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1596. (references) |
Specialty Definition: DISPART
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | 1: [Verb] To part asunder; to divide; to separate; to sever; to burst; to rend; to rive or split; as disparted air; disparted towers; disparted chaos. [An elegant poetic word.]. | 2: [Verb] To separate; to open; to cleave. | 3: [Noun] In gunnery, the thickness of the metal of a piece of ordnance at the mouth and britch. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | Top | ||
