fusil

Example Sentences

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He had then succeeded as to the lock both of the officer's fusil and the soldier's musket.

From Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 3 by Randolph, Thomas Jefferson

The taste was all that he had anticipated, and melted iron could hardly have been more painful than that first torture of cold, fusil acid.

From The River Prophet by Coleman, Ralph P. (Ralph Pallen)

He had seized his fusil, and wriggled his body into an erect attitude; but he felt powerless to do more.

From Bruin The Grand Bear Hunt by Zwecker, Johann Baptist

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

His only arms were a light fusil, which I had given him as a present.

From The Hunters' Feast Conversations Around the Camp Fire by Reid, Mayne