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Snaphance
A snaphance or snaphaunce is a type of firearm lock in which a flint struck against a striker plate above a steel pan ignites the priming powder which fires the gun. It is the mechanical progression of the wheellock firing mechanism, and along with the miquelet lock and doglock are predecessors of the flintlock mechanism. The name is Dutch in origin but the mechanism cannot be attributed to the Netherlands with certainty. Examples of this firearm can be found in Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East.
Webster Dictionary
Snaphancenoun
a spring lock for discharging a firearm; also, the firearm to which it is attached
Snaphancenoun
a trifling or second-rate thing or person
Etymology: [D. snaphaan a gun, originally, the snapping cock of a gun. See Snap, and Hen.]
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Snaphance
A Snaphance or Snaphaunce is a particular type of mechanism for firing a gun or a gun using that mechanism. The name is Dutch in origin but the mechanism can not be attributed to the Netherlands with certainty. It is the mechanical progression of the wheel-lock firing mechanism and the predecessor of the flintlock firing mechanism. It fires from a flint struck against a striker plate above a steel pan to ignite the priming powder which fires the gun. Examples of this firearm can be found through Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Snaphance
snaf′ans, n. a term originally applied to the spring-lock of a gun or pistol, but afterwards applied to the gun itself, a Dutch firelock of the 17th century: a snappish retort.—Also Snaph′aunce. [Dut. snaphaan—snappen, to snap, haan, a cock.]
Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
snaphance
An old musket of the 17th and first half of the 18th centuries, called also asnaphan. See Gun.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of snaphance in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of snaphance in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
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