Hypertext Webster Gateway: "flintlock"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Flintlock \Flint"lock`\, n.
1. A lock for a gun or pistol, having a flint fixed in the
hammer, which on striking the steel ignites the priming.
2. A hand firearm fitted with a flintlock; esp., the
old-fashioned musket of European and other armies.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
flintlock
n 1: a muzzle loader having a flintlock type of gunlock [syn: {firelock}]
2: a gunlock that has flint embedded in the hammer; the flint
makes a spark that ignites the charge
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