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frizzen

frizzen noun: an L-shaped piece of steel hinged at the rear used in flintlock firearms, positioned over the flash pan so to enclose a small priming charge of black powder next to the flash hole that is drilled through the barrel, such that when fired the flint scrapes it so as to create a spark.

frizzen: an L-shaped piece of steel hinged at the rear used in flintlock firearms, positioned over the flash...
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Noun

frizzen (plural frizzens)

  1. An L-shaped piece of steel hinged at the rear used in flintlock firearms, positioned over the flash pan so to enclose a small priming charge of black powder next to the flash hole that is drilled through the barrel, such that when fired the flint scrapes it so as to create a spark.

Forms of frizzen

pluralfrizzens

Origin of frizzen

From earlier frizzle (noun), of unknown origin. Compare fleerish, furison.

Questions about frizzen

What does frizzen mean?
Frizzen means an L-shaped piece of steel hinged at the rear used in flintlock firearms, positioned over the flash pan so to enclose a small priming charge of black powder next to the flash hole that is drilled through the barrel, such that when fired the flint scrapes it so as to create a spark.
What part of speech is frizzen?
Frizzen is a noun.
What is the plural of frizzen?
The plural of frizzen is frizzens.

Words near frizzen in the dictionary

  1. frizzantes
  2. frizzed
  3. frizzed up
  4. Frizzell
  5. Frizzells
  6. frizzen
  7. frizzens
  8. frizzer
  9. frizzers
  10. frizzes
  11. frizzes up

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