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The constantly smouldering match of the former rendered it a very dangerous weapon in the neighbourhood of cannon; the "snaphaunce", or "fusil", was fitted with a "fire-lock", in which a spark was struck from a flint.
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- The British Navy Book
By Cyril Field
Available from gutenberg.org - Posted on
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