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hagbut
hackbut, hagbut arch. and Hist. (ˈhæk-, ˈhægbət) Forms: α. 6 hacquebute, -buyt, 6–7 hackebutte, 7– haquebut, 7– hackbut (hakebut, hacbutt). β. 6–7 hagbutt(e, -bute (6 hagbit, hergbut), 7– hagbut (haguebut). [a. 15–16th c. F. haquebut, -bute (hacque-, aque-, harqbute), ad. MDu. hakebus, or MLG. hakeb...
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O'Donnell Abú
Grasp ev'ry stalwart hand
Hackbut and battle brand--
Pay them all back the debt so long due;
Norris and Clifford well
Can of Tirconnell tell;
Onward to
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hackbush
† ˈhackbush, ˈhagbush Obs. Also 5 hak(e)buss, 5–6 hacbush, 6 hackbus. [a. rare OF. haquebusche (1475), harquebusche (1478), a. MFl. haec-, haegbusse, hakebus, hagebus, (mod.Du. haakbus) = MLG. hake-, hakelbusse, MHG. hakenbühse, (mod.G. hakenbüchse); f. haken, hake, etc. hook + bühse, busse, bus gun...
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Wall gun
This sort of weapon may also be found described as a rampart gun, hackbut or amusette, a name originally given to early medieval hand cannon.
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Arquebus
The arquebus has at times been known as the harquebus, harkbus, hackbut, hagbut, archibugio, haakbus, schiopo, sclopus, tüfenk, tofak, matchlock, and firelock
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Science and technology in the Ottoman Empire
The Harquebus, "also spelled arquebus, also called hackbut, first gun fired from the shoulder, a smoothbore matchlock with a stock resembling that of a
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demi-hake
† ˈdemi-ˌhake, -haque Obs. exc. Hist. Also 9 demy-hag. [demi- 4.] A fire-arm used in the 16th c.; a smaller kind of haque or hackbut. Also called half-haque, half-hagg.1541 Act 33 Hen. VIII, c. 6 No person..shall shote in anie crossebowe, handgunne, hagbut or demy hake. [1549 Compl. Scotl. vi. 41 Ha...
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List of premodern combat weapons
blunt weapon (African)
Rungu (East African)
Stick, branch (Improvised, Worldwide)
Gunpowder weapons
Abus howitzer (Turkish)
Arquebus, caliver, hackbut
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hagbutter
hackbutter, hagbutter arch. and Hist. (ˈhækbətə(r), ˈhæg-) Also 6 haquebuter, Sc. hagbutar (-bitter). [f. hackbut + -er: see prec.] A soldier armed with a hackbut; a harquebusier.1544–8 in Archæol. XXII. 69 There shall be 150 haquebuters, who shall have good haquebuts. 1548 Patten Exped. Scotl. in A...
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History of gunpowder
and similar firearms is therefore quite convoluted as the term has been applied to different sorts of firearms as well as acquiring several names like hackbut Some say that the hackbut was a forerunner of the arquebus.
The dating of the matchlock firing mechanism's first appearance is disputed.
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half-hake
† half-hake Obs. Forms: see hake n.4: also half hakk, halfake, -aque, half-hag. = demi-hake; a smaller size of hackbut.c 1538 R. Cowley in Ellis Orig. Lett. Ser. ii. II. 100 vj half hakes, a redd pese, a passvolant, ij hackbusshes, and a shipp pese. 1549 Compl. Scot. vi. 41 Mak reddy ȝour cannons..h...
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pellock
▪ I. ˈpellock1, -ack, -och Sc. (ˈpɛlək, -ɒx) Forms: 4 pelok, 6 pellok, (6 -at), 7 pealok, 7–9 pellack, 8 -uck, pallach, (9 palach), 9 pelloch, -ock. [In 14th c. pelok, latinized peloca. Origin obscure: the Gael. peileag appears to be from Lowland Sc.] The porpoise (Phocæna communis). But in quots. 1...
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