arbalest

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Lorentz Driver and Arbalest will get more flinch to make it easier to counter them, but I’m not convinced this will help, considering the huge amounts of aim assist these linear fusion rifles have.

From The Verge • Feb. 3, 2022

For anyone crying into their copy of Film Comment that cinema has been bled of vision and idiosyncrasy, "The Arbalest" is here to offer a hug and some reassurance.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2016

Arbalest, �r′bal-est, n. a crossbow of steel or horn used in war and the chase—also Ar′balist, Ar′blast, Arcū′balist.—ns.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various

Young Richard; Son to Robert Courthose, and hunting, as his uncle’s guest, in the New Forest in May 1100, was mysteriously slain by a heavy bolt from a Norman Arbalest.

From The Visions of England Lyrics on leading men and events in English History by Morley, Henry

Arbalest, or Cross-bow explained, 161—210   of Robin Hood, 322.

From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 19, No. 555, Supplementary Number by Various