gun-lock

• “The wit which had been sharpened by laying "plots" and "inductions dangerous" against unoffending hens and chickens, was turned to the invention of a gun-lock better adapted to their purposes.”

  The International Monthly Magazine, Volume 5, No. 1, January, 1852

• “Here was manufactured the first gun-lock, and here was invented the valued metallic compound known as brass.”

  Great Artists, Vol 1. Raphael, Rubens, Murillo, and Durer

• “Curtail a jury-roll, and leave a glass; again, and leave part of a gun-lock; again, and leave a parent.”

  St. Nicholas, Vol. 5, No. 4, February 1878

• “With steady hand, made strong by sudden hope, the old gunner pricked the cartridge of one of the quarter guns; then he took from his pocket a percussion cap, fixed it on its place, and set back the hammer of the gun-lock.”

  New National Fourth Reader

• “Of course I was somewhat alarmed and astonished; but before I could do more than stop my horse, my escort dismounted, handed me his reins, and whispering that I was to remain there, walked slowly forward toward the spot where I had heard the first click of the gun-lock.”

  The Oaths, Signs, Ceremonies and Objects of the Ku-Klux-Klan. A Full Expose. By A Late Member

• “A spring is often, as it were, a reservoir of force, kept ready charged for a purpose; as when a gun-lock is cocked, a watch wound up, &c.”

  The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 17, No. 491, May 28, 1831

• “For a long moment he sat, till he heard the stealthy click of a gun-lock muffled by finger pressure.”

  The Spoilers

• “The best I could do was to try to keep my ammunition and gun-lock dry.”

  Arthur Peronneau Ford. "Life in the Confederate Army; Being Personal Experiences ..."

• “When all is in readiness, the cap is put on the nipple, and a birch-bark shelter arranged to keep the gun-lock free from falling snow.”

  The Drama of the Forests Romance and Adventure

• “The torpedo, the explosion of which was regulated by clockwork operating on a gun-lock, actually exploded about half an hour after, sending up a great geyser of water, which frightened the British admiral so that he gave orders to up anchor and seek another mooring-place.”

  Old Put The Patriot

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