Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A musket or other gun discharged by means of some mechanical device which causes sparks by friction or concussion; specifically, a flintlock: distinguished from and superseding the matchlock, which was fired with a match; hence, one armed with such a gun. See cut under
flintlock .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun An old form of gunlock, as the flintlock, which ignites the priming by a spark; perhaps originally, a matchlock. Hence, a gun having such a lock.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun An old form of
gunlock , as theflintlock , whichignites thepriming by a spark.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a muzzle loader that had a flintlock type of gunlock
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Examples
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There was not a man of the 150 attempting to represent two service squadrons who had not at some period balanced his life against his proficiency with the rifle, and who had not realised that on service his firelock was the soldier's best and staunchest friend.
On the Heels of De Wet Lionel James 1913
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To load and discharge a “firelock” flintlock musket required no less than twelve commands that set off eighteen distinct motions.
George Washington’s First War David A. Clary 2011
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To load and discharge a “firelock” flintlock musket required no less than twelve commands that set off eighteen distinct motions.
George Washington’s First War David A. Clary 2011
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To load and discharge a “firelock” flintlock musket required no less than twelve commands that set off eighteen distinct motions.
George Washington’s First War David A. Clary 2011
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To load and discharge a “firelock” flintlock musket required no less than twelve commands that set off eighteen distinct motions.
George Washington’s First War David A. Clary 2011
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The Militia Act of 1792, signed by George (The Communist) Washington, mandated (unfunded) that nearly every “free able-bodied white male citizen” between 18 and 45 “provide himself with a good musket or firelock, a sufficient bayonet and belt, two spare flints, and a knapsack, a pouch with a box therein to contain not less than twenty-four cartridges, …”
Think Progress » Romney Struggles To Distance RomneyCare From ObamaCare: Ours Was ‘Bipartisan’ 2010
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I actually do own a firelock, as I would expect a fairly good number of gun owners and collectors do.
2nd Amendment, Original Intent, and Disregard of the Constitution « Lean Left 2008
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I had sprung out of my hammock, and had seized my firelock, and was standing on the ground, saying the words myself.
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I had sprung out of my hammock, and had seized my firelock, and was standing on the ground, saying the words myself.
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O that I had got but my new-flinted firelock, that there man should die!
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