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— William Blake

Tyger, tyger, burning bright

In the forests of the night,

What immortal hand or eye

Could frame thy fearful symmetry?

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To cause to move faster; to quicken the motion of; to add to the speed of.

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Dictionary Entry

musket

Part of SpeechnounPronunciation/ˈmʌskət/

A kind of firearm formerly carried by the infantry of an army, originally fired by means of a match, or matchlock, for which several mechanical appliances (including the flintlock, and finally the percussion lock) were successively substitu

In a Sentence

“Sam, Sam, pick up thy musket.”

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Common Phrases

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Related Words

shotgungunriflegatmusquetmuskitmusketoonmusketeer

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