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musquet

musquet


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Musket  \Mus"ket\,  n.  [F.  mousquet,  It  moschetto  formerly,  a 
  kind  of  hawk;  cf  OF  mousket,  moschet  a  kind  of  hawk 
  falcon,  F.  mouchet  prop.,  a  little  fly  (the  hawk  prob.  being 
  named  from  its  size),  fr  L.  musca  a  fly.  Cf  {Mosquito}.] 
  [Sometimes  written  also  {musquet}.] 
  1.  (Zo["o]l.)  The  male  of  the  sparrow  hawk. 
 
  2.  A  species  of  firearm  formerly  carried  by  the  infantry  of 
  an  army.  It  was  originally  fired  by  means  of  a  match,  or 
  matchlock,  for  which  several  mechanical  appliances 
  (including  the  flintlock,  and  finally  the  percussion  lock) 
  were  successively  substituted.  This  arm  has  been  generally 
  superseded  by  the  rifle. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Musquet  \Mus"quet\,  n. 
  See  {Musket}.