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Definition of Hagbuts
1. hagbut [n] - See also: hagbut
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hagbuts
Literary usage of Hagbuts
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Register of the Privy Council of Scotland by Scotland Privy Council (1908)
"... convocation of the lieges for illegal purposes, in June last John apers" Forbes
of the laws forbidding the carrying of hagbuts and ..."
2. The History of the Troubles and Memorable Transactions in Scotland, in the by John Spalding (1829)
"... albeit they made a pretext of seeking them through the country. upon foot,
with swords, bows, arrows, targets, hagbuts, pistols, and other highland arms ..."
3. Domestic Annals of Scotland: From the Reformation to the Revolution by Robert Chambers (1874)
"... with lang hagbuts, jacks, pistolets, and other weapons invasive/ took up a
position in a yard beside the road, with the design of murdering Campbell. ..."
4. The Isle of Wight by William Henry Davenport Adams (1884)
"At Carisbrooke, under Richard Worsley himself, were five iron " slynges, fowlers,
and double basses," one hundred and forty hagbuts, and a tolerable ..."
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