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English Dictionary: firelock by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
firelock
n
  1. a muzzle loader that had a flintlock type of gunlock [syn: flintlock, firelock]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Firelock \Fire"lock`\, 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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