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<hw>Dis*par"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Disparities</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[LL. <ets>disparitas</ets>, fr. L. <ets>dispar</ets> unlike, unequal; <ets>dis-</ets> + <ets>par</ets> equal: cf. F. <ets>disparit\'82</ets>. See <er>Par</er>, <er>Peer</er>.]</ety> <def>Inequality; difference in age, rank, condition, or excellence; dissimilitude; -- followed by <i>between</i>, <i>in</i>, <i>of</i>, <i>as to</i>, etc.; <as>as, <ex>disparity</ex> in, or of, years; a <ex>disparity</ex> as to color.</as></def>

<blockquote>The <b>disparity</b> between God and his intelligent creatures. <i>I. Taylor.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>The <b>disparity</b> of numbers was not such as ought to cause any uneasiness. <i>Macaulay.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- Inequality; unlikeness; dissimilitude; disproportion; difference.</syn>

<h1>Dispark</h1> <Xpage=428>

<hw>Dis*park"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To throw (a park or inclosure); to treat (a private park) as a common.</def>

<blockquote>The Gentiles were made to be God's people when the Jews' inclosure was <b>disparked</b>. <i>Jer. Taylor.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To set at large; to release from inclosure.</def>

<blockquote>Till his free muse threw down the pale, And did at once <b>dispark</b> them all. <i>Waller.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Disparkle</h1> <Xpage=428>

<hw>Dis*par"kle</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[OF. <ets>desparpeillier</ets>.]</ety> <def>To scatter abroad.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Holland.</i>

<h1>Dispart</h1> <Xpage=428>

<hw>Dis*part"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Disparted</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Disparting</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[Pref. <ets>dis-</ets> + <ets>part</ets>: cf. OF. <ets>despartir</ets>.]</ety> <def>To part asunder; to divide; to separate; to sever; to rend; to rive or split; <as>as, <ex>disparted</ex> air; <ex>disparted</ex> towers.</as></def> <mark>[Archaic]</mark>

<blockquote>Them in twelve troops their captain did <b>dispart</b>. <i>Spenser.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>The world will be whole, and refuses to be <b>disparted</b>. <i>Emerson.</i></blockquote>

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<hw>Dis*part"</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To separate, to open; to cleave.</def>

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<hw>Dis*part"</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Gun.)</fld> <def>The difference between the thickness of the metal at the mouth and at the breech of a piece of ordnance.</def>

<blockquote>On account of the <b>dispart</b>, 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. <i>Eng. Cys.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Gun.)</fld> <def>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 <altname>dispart sight</altname>, and <altname>muzzle sight</altname>.</def>

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<hw>Dis*part"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Gun.)</fld> <def>To make allowance for the dispart in (a gun), when taking aim.</def>

<blockquote>Every gunner, before he shoots, must truly <b>dispart</b> his piece. <i>Lucar.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Gun.)</fld> <def>To furnish with a dispart sight.</def>

<h1>Dispassion</h1> <Xpage=428>

<hw>Dis*pas"sion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Freedom from passion; an undisturbed state; apathy.</def>