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harquebuse
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harquebuse, n. [See Arquebus.].
A firearm with match holder, trigger, and tumbler, made in the second half of the 15th century. The barrel was about forty inches long. A form of the harquebus was subsequently called arquebus with matchlock . [1913 Webster]
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