( n. )
A sort of hand gun or firearm a contrivance answering to a trigger, by which the burning match was applied. The musket was a later invention.
( n. )
A sort of hand gun or firearm a contrivance answering to a trigger, by which the burning match was applied. The musket was a later invention.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary. Пересмотренный полный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012