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Firelock

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(n.) An old form of gunlock, as the flintlock, which ignites the priming by a spark; perhaps originally, a matchlock. Hence, a gun having such a lock.

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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Firelock'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​f/firelock.html. 1828.
 
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