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musquet |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Musket \Mus"ket\, n. [F. mousquet, It moschetto formerly, a kind of hawk; cf OF mousket, moschet a kind of hawk falcon, F. mouchet prop., a little fly (the hawk prob. being named from its size), fr L. musca a fly. Cf {Mosquito}.] [Sometimes written also {musquet}.] 1. (Zo["o]l.) The male of the sparrow hawk. 2. A species of firearm formerly carried by the infantry of an army. It was originally fired by means of a match, or matchlock, for which several mechanical appliances (including the flintlock, and finally the percussion lock) were successively substituted. This arm has been generally superseded by the rifle. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Musquet \Mus"quet\, n. See {Musket}.
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