dispart sight

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dispart sight - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Dispart \Dis*part"\, n.
     1. (Gun.) The difference between the thickness of the metal
        at the mouth and at the breech of a piece of ordnance.
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              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.                                 --Eng. Cys.
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     2. (Gun.) 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.
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