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Significados de firelock em inglês

A muzzle loader that had a flintlock type of gunlock.

Uso de firelock em inglês
1
So I shouldered my firelock and went and offered my services.
The Yankee Tea-party; Or, Boston in 1773
2
Defensioner, you will give me your weapons, both firelock and sabre.
The Young Carpenters of Freiberg / A Tale of the Thirty Years' W...
3
But I haven't got my new-flinted firelock, and that there man must live.
Life's Little Ironies / A set of tales with some colloquial sket...
4
Upon which, I snatched up firelock that belonged to a dead man, d-me!
The Adventures of Roderick Random
5
Both now pulled at the firelock, with all their strength.
Hardscrabble; or, the fall of Chicago: a tale of Indian warfare
6
O that I had got but my new-flinted firelock, that there man should die!
Life's Little Ironies / A set of tales with some colloquial sket...
7
Cock your firelock-lookto your priming-presentyour firelock-eh ,sergeant
Round the Red Lamp: Being Facts and Fancies of Medical Life
8
As day began to break, each man grasped his firelock and awaited the signal with impatience.
Won By the Sword : a tale of the Thirty Years' War
9
They are armed each with a light firelock, a brace of pistols, and a cutting sword.
The Virginians
10
The slatternly lady, shouldering her child, as a soldier does his firelock, thrust herself eagerly forward.
M. or N. "Similia similibus curantur."
11
Instantly he rushed forward, extending his arm as if to push aside the young man's levelled firelock.
Chronicles of the Canongate, 1st Series
12
But don't take a firelock, Repton.
Held Fast For England: A Tale of the Siege of Gibraltar (1779-83...
13
You've got your firelock there, sergeant?
Round the Red Lamp: Being Facts and Fancies of Medical Life
14
Not a firelock but was poised!
Good Stories for Great Holidays / Arranged for Story-Telling and...
15
They then practised individually at a mark, and showed extraordinary dexterity in the management of the pistol and firelock.
Waverley; Or, 'Tis Sixty Years Since — Volume 1
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The old inefficient firelock was replaced by the flint musket, and the rapidity and certainty of fire vastly increased.
The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 12
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