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musket

mus.ket \'m*s-k*t\ n [MF mousquet, fr. OIt moschetto arrow for a crossbow, 
   musket, fr. d]im. of mosca fly, fr. L musca - more at MIDGE : a heavy 
   large-caliber shoulder firearm; broadly : a shoulder gun  carried by 
   infantry