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Definition of Caliver
1. n. An early form of hand gun, a variety of the arquebus; originally a gun having a regular size of bore.
Definition of Caliver
1. Noun. (historical) A type of light musket. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Caliver
1. a type of light musket [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Caliver
Literary usage of Caliver
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A General Collection of the Best and Most Interesting Voyages and Travels in by John Pinkerton (1812)
"... whereupon I ordered a caliver to be ihot among them, and immediately upon the
fame a falcon ; which ..."
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