Musket

Webster's Practical Dictionary- A Practical Dictionary of the Englih Language · 1884 · p. 272

mus'ket, n. Orig. a kind of hawk or con; now, the ordinary fire-arm of infantry diers.— Mus'keteer'', -err, n._ A soldier armed a musket. — Mus'keto on'', -oon', n. A short, widemouthed musket; one armed with, etc. — Mus'ketry, -ri, n.