Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for DIS-PART'
DIS-PART', v.t.
In gunnery, to set a mark on the muzzlering 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. – Encyc.
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