Musket vs Muskeg - What's the difference?
musket | muskeg |
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 This arm has been superseded by the rifle.
(Canada) A terrain composed of peat bog with tussocky meadow and woody vegetation including spruce.
* 1952 , Farley Mowat, People of the Deer , Key Porter 2005, p. 2:
As nouns the difference between musket and muskeg
is that 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appliances (including the flintlock, and finally the percussion lock) were successively substituted this arm has been superseded by the rifle while muskeg is (canada) a terrain composed of peat bog with tussocky meadow and woody vegetation including spruce.musket
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Alternative forms
* musquetNoun
(en noun)- Soldier, soldier, won't you marry me, with your musket , fife and drum.
Derived terms
* musketeerSee also
* ("musket" on Wikipedia) ----muskeg
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(wikipedia muskeg)Noun
(en noun)- Here, in a decaying cluster of buildings, the Winnipeg train turns gratefully back to the south and hurries to leave behind it the anonymous tangle of forests and muskegs .
