Rating | Solver | Clue |
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COCKING | Priming (gun) | |
PRIME | To serve as priming for the charge of a gun. | |
FLINTLOCK | A lock for a gun or pistol, having a flint fixed in the hammer, which on striking the steel ignites the priming. | |
FIRELOCK | An old form of gunlock, as the flintlock, which ignites the priming by a spark; perhaps originally, a matchlock. Hence, a gun having such a lock. |