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Matchlock
Webster's Dictionary
(n.) An old form of gunlock containing a match for firing the priming; hence, a musket fired by means of a match.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Matchlock'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/m/matchlock.html. 1828.