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DISPART, verb transitive [dis and part. Latin See Part. Dis and part both imply separation.] 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.]

DISPART, verb intransitive To separate; to open; to cleave.

DISPART, noun In gunnery, the thickness of the metal of a piece of ordnance at the mouth and britch.

DISPART, verb transitive In gunnery, to set a mark on the muzzle-ring of a piece of ordnance, so that a sight-line from the top of the base-ring to the mark on or near the muzzle may be parallel to the axis of the bore or hollow cylinder.