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Arquebuse :: Arquebuse (n.) A sort of hand gun or firearm a contrivance answering to a trigger, by which the burning match was applied. The musket was a later invention..

Boomorah :: Boomorah (n.) A small West African chevrotain (Hyaemoschus aquaticus), resembling the musk deer..

Sondeli :: Sondeli (n.) The musk shrew. See under Musk.

Musketoon :: Musketoon (n.) A short musket.

Musk :: Musk (n.) A substance of a reddish brown color, and when fresh of the consistence of honey, obtained from a bag being behind the navel of the male musk deer. It has a slightly bitter taste, but is specially remarkable for its powerful and enduring odor. It is used in medicine as a stimulant antispasmodic. The term is also applied to secretions of various other animals, having a similar odor..

Muskrat :: Muskrat (n.) The desman.

Fusil :: Fusil (n.) A light kind of flintlock musket, formerly in use..

Chevrotain :: Chevrotain (n.) A small ruminant of the family Tragulidae a allied to the musk deer. It inhabits Africa and the East Indies. See Kanchil.

Mantelet :: Mantelet (n.) A musket-proof shield of rope, wood, or metal, which is sometimes used for the protection of sappers or riflemen while attacking a fortress, or of gunners at embrasures; -- now commonly written mantlet..

Musk :: Musk (v. t.) To perfume with musk.

Eyasmusket :: Eyasmusket (n.) An unfledged or young male sparrow hawk.

Tompion :: Tompion (n.) A stopper of a cannon or a musket. See Tampion.

Musk :: Musk (n.) A plant of the genus Muscari; grape hyacinth.

Smell :: Smell (v. i.) To affect the olfactory nerves; to have an odor or scent; -- often followed by of; as, to smell of smoke, or of musk..

Blockhouse :: Blockhouse (n.) An edifice or structure of heavy timbers or logs for military defense, having its sides loopholed for musketry, and often an upper story projecting over the lower, or so placed upon it as to have its sides make an angle wit the sides of the lower story, thus enabling the defenders to fire downward, and in all directions; -- formerly much used in America and Germany..

Desman :: Desman (n.) An amphibious, insectivorous mammal found in Russia (Myogale moschata). It is allied to the moles, but is called muskrat by some English writers..

Kick :: Kick (v. i.) To recoil; -- said of a musket, cannon, etc..

Handle :: Handle (v. t.) To manage in using, as a spade or a musket; to wield; often, to manage skillfully..

Muskadel :: Muskadel (n.) See Muscadel.

Muskwood :: Muskwood (n.) The wood of an Australian tree (Eurybia argophylla).

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