fusil

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On the long and narrow fusil it would be impossible.

From Notes and Queries, Number 218, December 31, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc by Bell, George

The voice went on imperturbably:   "Avec son grand fusil d'argent,   En roulant ma boule,   Visa le noir, tua le blanc,   Rouli roulant, ma boule roulant."

From The Call of the North by White, Stewart Edward

The voice went on imperturbably: "Avec son grand fusil d'argent, En roulant ma boule, Visa le noir, tua le blanc, Rouli roulant, ma boule roulant."

From Conjuror's House A Romance of the Free Forest by White, Stewart Edward

To prevent suspicion, the officer in command had orders to make every sentinel he set or relieved in the night-time fire his fusil and to beat his drum at the usual hour.

From The Monarchs of the Main, Volume III (of 3) Or, Adventures of the Buccaneers by Thornbury, Walter

Warned by what they had witnessed, the Indians had retired beyond even the range of the Serjeant’s fusil.

From The Wild Huntress Love in the Wilderness by Reid, Mayne