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frizels

frizels is the plural of frizel.

Meaning of frizel

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

Questions about frizels

What is frizels the plural of?
Frizels is the plural of frizel.

Words near frizels in the dictionary

  1. frize
  2. frized
  3. frizel
  4. Frizell
  5. Frizells
  6. frizels
  7. frizer
  8. frizers
  9. frizes
  10. frizette
  11. frizettes

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