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MATCHLOCK
matchlock
(noun) an early style of musket; a slow-burning wick would be lowered into a hole in the breech to ignite the charge
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
matchlock (plural matchlocks)
Early type of firearm, using a smoldering piece of cord to fire the powder in the firing pan.
The gunlock used in such a weapon, having a slow smouldering match, see: slow match.
Source: Wiktionary
Match"lock`, n.
Definition: An old form of gunlock containing a match for firing the priming; hence, a musket fired by means of a match.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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