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matchlock |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Matchlock \Match"lock`\, n. An old form of gunlock containing a match for firing the priming; hence a musket fired by means of a match. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: matchlock n : an early style of musket; had a slow burning wick that could be lowered into a hole in the breech to ignite the charge
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