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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Flintlock \Flint"lock`\, n. 1. A lock for a gun or pistol, having a flint fixed in the hammer, which on striking the steel ignites the priming. 2. A hand firearm fitted with a flintlock; esp., the old-fashioned musket of European and other armies. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: flintlock n 1: a firearm having a flintlock type of gunlock [syn: {firelock}] 2: a gunlock that has flint embedded in the hammer; the flint makes a spark that ignites the charge
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