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frizzens

frizzens is the plural of frizzen.

Meaning of frizzen

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.

Questions about frizzens

What is frizzens the plural of?
Frizzens is the plural of frizzen.

Words near frizzens in the dictionary

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

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