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juzail

juzail is the alternative form of jezail.

Meaning of jezail

Noun

jezail (plural jezails)

  1. (historical) An Afghan matchlock or flintlock musket fired from a forked rest.
    • There I was struck on the shoulder by a Jezail bullet, which shattered the bone and grazed the subclavian artery.1887, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “A Study in Scarlet”, in Beeton’s Christmas Annual, London; New York, N.Y.: Ward, Lock & Co., part I (Being a reprint from the reminiscences of John H. Watson, M.D., […])...

Forms of juzail

pluraljuzails

Questions about juzail

What is juzail the alternative form of?
Juzail is the alternative form of jezail.

Words near juzail in the dictionary

  1. juxtracrine
  2. juyce
  3. juyces
  4. juz
  5. juz'
  6. juzail
  7. juzails
  8. juzh
  9. juzhed
  10. juzhes
  11. juzhing

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