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Definition of Firelocks
1. firelock [n] - See also: firelock
Lexicographical Neighbors of Firelocks
Literary usage of Firelocks
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Writings of George Washington by George Washington (1889)
"Notwithstanding I have taken every method my judgement could suggest to procure
a sufficient number of firelocks for the soldiers of this Army, ..."
2. Diary of the American Revolution: From Newspapers and Original Documents by Frank Moore (1860)
"... and pretended to give up, clubbing their firelocks until we came within that
distance, when they immediately presented and blazed in our faces. ..."
3. The Monthly Magazine by Richard Phillips (1796)
"... firelocks, part of which were intended AMERICA. The French officers appear to
be held in great ..."
4. Diary of the Marches of the Royal Army During the Great Civil War by Richard Symonds, Charles Edward Long (1859)
"Major of the Prince Rupert's firelocks. The army of horse faced in bodyes all
night in severall places. About day, about 10 of the enemy gott out and ..."
5. Military Memoir of Colonel John Birch: Sometime Governor of Hereford in the by Roe, John Webb, Thomas William Webb (1873)
"... are referred to Birch's lieutenant-colonel, Hammond, who was in command of
the firelocks, and seems to have claimed a prominent share in the capture. ..."
6. Commissary Wilson's Orderly Book: Expedition of the British and Provincial by Jeffery Amherst Amherst, Edmund Bailey O'Callaghan (1857)
"Any firelocks that have been a great while loaded moft be drawn. They may blow
fome Powder out of them at 6 o'clock to-morrow Morning, and then all the Arms ..."
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