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flintlock
CIDE DICTIONARY
flintlock, n.
- A lock for a gun or pistol, having a flint fixed in the hammer, which on striking the steel ignites the priming. [1913 Webster]
- A hand firearm fitted with a flintlock; esp., the old-fashioned musket of European and other armies. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
flintlock, n. hist.
1 an old type of gun fired by a spark from a flint.
2 the lock producing such a spark.
1 an old type of gun fired by a spark from a flint.
2 the lock producing such a spark.
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