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arquebusnoun(transitive, rare) To shoot with an arquebus.
hagbutnoun(obsolete) An arquebus, a firearm with a long barrel.
harquebusnounA portable gun, varying in size from a small cannon to a musket. When used in the field it was supported upon a tripod or trestle.

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harquebusnounA portable gun, varying in size from a small cannon to a musket. When used in the field it was supported upon a tripod or trestle.
hagbutnoun(obsolete) An arquebus, a firearm with a long barrel.
arquebusnounAlternative form of harquebus (“an obsolete matchlock firearm”). [An obsolete matchlock firearm.]
hackbushnounObsolete form of arquebus.
harquebuzenounObsolete form of arquebus.
hagbushnounObsolete form of arquebus.
arcubusnounObsolete form of arquebus.
haquebutnounObsolete spelling of hagbut. [(obsolete) An arquebus, a firearm with a long barrel.]
musquetnounObsolete form of musket. [A kind of firearm formerly carried by the infantry of an army, originally fired by means of a match, or matchlock, for which several mechanical appliances (including the flintlock, and finally the percussion lock) were successively substituted; ultimately superseded by the rifle.]
musquetrynounObsolete form of musketry. [The technique of using small arms such as muskets.]
bumbardnounObsolete form of bombard. [A medieval primitive cannon, used chiefly in sieges for throwing heavy stone balls.]
hacknounA tool for chopping.
latchnounA fastening for a door that has a bar that fits into a notch or slot, and is lifted by a lever or string from either side.
falchionnoun(also attributively) A somewhat curved, single-edged medieval sword of European origin, with the cutting edge on its convex side, whose design is reminiscent of the Persian scimitar and the Chinese dao.
artillerynounLarge projectile weapons, in modern usage usually large guns, but also rocket artillery.
bulletnounA projectile, usually of metal, shot from a gun at high speed.
couteau de chassenoun(obsolete) hunting knife
scymitarnounObsolete form of scimitar. [A sword of Persian origin that features a curved blade.]
musquetoonnounObsolete form of musketoon. [(now historical) A firearm, similar to a musket but with a shorter barrel and a large bore.]
truncheonnounA baton, or military staff of command, now especially the stick carried by a police officer.

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