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Firelock
Webster's Dictionary
(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.