Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for MUS-KET-OON'
MUS-KET-OON', n. [Fr. mousqueton. See Musket.]
- A short thick musket, carrying five ounces of iron, or seven and a half of lead; the shortest kind of blunderbuss. Encyc.
- One who is armed with a musketoon. Herbert.
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