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definition of
firelock,
accessed 29
October 2021. Collinsdictionary.com,
definition of
firelock,
accessed 29
October 2021. Oxfordreference.com,
firelock, accessed...
- A
matchlock or
firelock is a
historical type of
firearm wherein the
gunpowder is
ignited by a
burning piece of
flammable cord or
twine that is in contact...
- Bagh at Lucknow, in
saving the life of
Captain Irby,
warding off with his
firelock a
tulwar cut made at his head by a sepoy, and in
going out
under a heavy...
- of a revolver's cylinder.
Pepperbox guns have
existed for all
types of
firelock firearms and
metal cased ammunition systems used in
breechloading firearms:...
- shall,
within six
months thereafter,
provide himself with a good
musket or
firelock.
Prior to the War of Independence, the
officers of
militia units were commissioned...
-
vernacular and
slang terms,
contained this entry: "Brown Bess: A soldier's
firelock. To hug
Brown Bess; to
carry a fire-lock, or
serve as a
private soldier...
-
colonial militiamen "from
their adroitness in the
habitual use of the
firelock suppose themselves sure of
their mark at a
distance of 200 rods". Even...
- enjo**** by the East
India Company, he also
ousted Ramnarian and
created firelock manufacturing factories at
Patna with the sole
purpose of
improving the...
- the home of "Yankee Doodle":
Yankee Doodle came to town, For to buy a
firelock, We will tar and
feather him, And so we will John Han****.
Another pro-British...
- by mail a box. When he
opens it,
therein is to be
found gunpowder and a
firelock which sets fire unto it, so he
became very injured. The
entry for February...
