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Arbalist
Webster's Dictionary
(n.) A crossbow, consisting of a steel bow set in a shaft of wood, furnished with a string and a trigger, and a mechanical device for bending the bow. It served to throw arrows, darts, bullets, etc.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Arbalist'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/a/arbalist.html. 1828.