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Dis-part′.


Gunnery.) The difference between the muzzle and breech thicknesses of a piece of ordnance. A piece of metal is cast on the muzzle to bring the line of sight parallel to the axis of the piece, and is known as the dispart-sight or muzzlesight.

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