Muset vs Musket - What's the difference?
muset | musket |
A small hole or gap through which a wild animal passes; a muse.
* 1593 , William Shakespeare, , lines 679-684:
*:And when thou hast on foot the purblind hare,
*:Mark the poor wretch, to overshoot his troubles
*:How he outruns the wind and with what care
*:He cranks and crosses with a thousand doubles:
*:The many musets through the which he goes
*:Are like a labyrinth to amaze his foes.
(Webster 1913)
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A species of firearm formerly carried by the infantry of an army. It was originally fired by means of a match, or matchlock, for which several mechanical appliances (including the flintlock, and finally the percussion lock) were successively substituted. This arm has been superseded by the rifle.
As nouns the difference between muset and musket
is that muset is a small hole or gap through which a wild animal passes; a muse while musket is a species of firearm formerly carried by the infantry of an army it was originally fired by means of a match, or matchlock, for which several mechanical appliances (including the flintlock, and finally the percussion lock) were successively substituted this arm has been superseded by the rifle.muset
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(en noun)musket
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Alternative forms
* musquetNoun
(en noun)- Soldier, soldier, won't you marry me, with your musket , fife and drum.
