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Definition of Muskets
1. musket [n] - See also: musket
Lexicographical Neighbors of Muskets
Literary usage of Muskets
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Revolution by George Otto Trevelyan (1907)
"near as could be had in imitation of the arms called King's muskets; " but the
manufacturing capabilities of America were limited, and contracts could ..."
2. Manual of Bayonet Exercise: Prepared for the Use of the Army of the United by George Brinton McClellan (1856)
"So LESSON, with muskets. The middle guard ; The thrust ; The lunge ; The lunge-out.
2u LESSON, without muskets. The development ; The passade ; The leap to ..."
3. The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and Literature for by Edmund Burke, Benjamin Franklin Collection (Library of Congress), John Davis Batchelder Collection (Library of Congress) (1822)
"Early in the morning of the same day the fire was opened with great violence,
and a strong body of peasants, armed with muskets and long polce with bayonets ..."
4. The Daring Adventures of Kit Carson and Fremont, Among Buffaloes, Grizzlies by John Charles Frémont (1888)
"They handled their lances with strange adroitness, and many were fair shots with
their rude muskets. But for some never satisfactorily explained reasons ..."
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