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frizel

frizel noun: a movable furrowed piece of steel struck by the flint, to throw sparks into the pan, in an early form of flintlock.

Noun

frizel (plural frizels)

  1. (historical) A movable furrowed piece of steel struck by the flint, to throw sparks into the pan, in an early form of flintlock.
    • To this succeeded the Snaplance ^([sic]), in which a motion was given to the dog, or cock, and a movable plate of steel, called the frizel, or hammer, was placed vertically above the pan to receive the action of the flint.1832, The Edinburgh Encyclopaedia, volume 10, page 164

Forms of frizel

pluralfrizels

Questions about frizel

What does frizel mean?
Frizel means a movable furrowed piece of steel struck by the flint, to throw sparks into the pan, in an early form of flintlock.
What part of speech is frizel?
Frizel is a noun.
What is the plural of frizel?
The plural of frizel is frizels.

Words near frizel in the dictionary

  1. frizado
  2. frizadoes
  3. frizados
  4. frize
  5. frized
  6. frizel
  7. Frizell
  8. Frizells
  9. frizels
  10. frizer
  11. frizers

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