'ARQUEBUSE,
H'ARQUEBUSE, noun
A hand gun; a species of fire arms, anciently used, which was cocked with a wheel. It carried a ball that weighed nearly two ounces. A larger kind, used in fortresses carried a ball of three ounces and a half.
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Webster's Dictionary 1828
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.