NOUN | artifact | matchlock | an early style of musket |
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Sounds | mae'chlaa.k | |
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Rhymes | aftershock ... woodcock: 87 rhymes with aak... |
Meaning | An early style of musket; a slow-burning wick would be lowered into a hole in the breech to ignite the charge. | |
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Broader | musket | A muzzle-loading shoulder gun with a long barrel |
Catalan | pany de metxa |
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