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Flintlock
Webster's Dictionary
(1):
(n.) A hand firearm fitted with a flintlock; esp., the old-fashioned musket of European and other armies.
(2):
(n.) A lock for a gun or pistol, having a flint fixed in the hammer, which on striking the steel ignites the priming.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Flintlock'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/f/flintlock.html. 1828.