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firelock

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fire⋅lock

  [fahyuhr-lok]
–noun
a gun having a lock in which the priming is ignited by sparks struck from flint and steel, as the flintlock musket.
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Origin:
1540–50; fire + lock 1
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fire·lock   (fīr'lŏk')   
n.  See flintlock.
flint·lock   (flĭnt'lŏk')   
n.  

  1. An obsolete gunlock in which a flint fixed in the hammer produces a spark that ignites the charge.

  2. A firearm having this type of gunlock. Also called firelock.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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