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hack·but   (hāk'bŭt')   
n.  See harquebus.

[French haquebute, from Old French hacquebute, alteration (influenced by buter, to aim at) of Middle Dutch hakebus; see harquebus.]
hack'but·eer' (-bə-tîr'), hack'but'ter n.
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