So I shouldered my firelock and went and offered my services.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Yankee Tea-party Or, Boston in 1773] Reference

Defensioner, you will give me your weapons, both firelock and sabre.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Young Carpenters of Freiberg A Tale of the Thirty Years' War] Reference

O that I had got but my new-flinted firelock, that there man should die!.    From Wordnik.com.  [Life's Little Ironies] Reference

'It's clean,' Lawford said defensively, hefting his big French firelock.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sharpe's Tiger]

Upon which, I snatched up firelock that belonged to a dead man, d — me!.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Adventures of Roderick Random] Reference

Or facing a platoon? cried Trim, presenting his stick like a firelock. —.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman] Reference

Cantin had the old firelock ready, but the night was dark and unfavorable for active measures.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 41, March, 1861] Reference

I shook my head menacingly at the group; and shouldering my firelock, mounted guard at the gangway.    From Wordnik.com.  [Captain Canot or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver] Reference

A gentleman of spirit does not want a woman to buckle his sword on for him or to clean his firelock!.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Virginians] Reference

It was a long, heavy, old firelock, and anger and excitement added to my strength, so that it was a terrible weapon.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ben Comee A Tale of Rogers's Rangers, 1758-59] Reference

But every idler had his firelock close at hand, and all the time the sentinels on the bastions kept a sharp lookout.    From Wordnik.com.  [Four American Indians King Philip, Pontiac, Tecumseh, Osceola] Reference

I had sprung out of my hammock, and had seized my firelock, and was standing on the ground, saying the words myself.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Perils of Certain English Prisoners] Reference

Then he arose, kissed his wife and children, put on his steel cap, and taking his long firelock, started off to join the other men.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ben Comee A Tale of Rogers's Rangers, 1758-59] Reference

In a spring which he made to seize a firelock which a sailor persisted in keeping in his possession, he almost tumbled into the sea.    From Wordnik.com.  [Perils and Captivity Comprising The sufferings of the Picard family after the shipwreck of the Medusa, in the year 1816; Narrative of the captivity of M. de Brisson, in the year 1785; Voyage of Madame Godin along the river of the Amazons, in the year 1770.] Reference

The firelock and cartouche-box were all that we carried, the latter tied fast on the top of the head, to prevent it from being wetted.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Settlement at Port Jackson] Reference

"Hold my firelock," whispered Cass to his companion.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hardscrabble; or, the fall of Chicago. a tale of Indian warfare] Reference

Both now pulled at the firelock, with all their strength.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hardscrabble; or, the fall of Chicago. a tale of Indian warfare] Reference

Not a firelock flashed against them! up the earth-work they will swarm!.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Poetical Works of Oliver Wendell Holmes — Volume 08: Bunker Hill and Other Poems] Reference

The man came hastening toward me, firelock trailing, pack and sack bouncing and flopping.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Reckoning] Reference

The firelock of the Highlander was quite distinct from the weapon which he used in close fight.    From Wordnik.com.  [The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 3] Reference

"'I am with you heart and soul,' said I."'It is well,' he answered, handing me back my firelock.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Sign of the Four] Reference

"Does your honor mane to say that you are going to shoulder a firelock, and just go as privates?".    From Wordnik.com.  [The Young Franc Tireurs And Their Adventures in the Franco-Prussian War] Reference

I cast my firelock between his legs as he raced past, and he rolled twice over like a shot rabbit.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Sign of the Four] Reference

Lastly, in a corner close beside the bed, I spied a long-barrelled firelock with bandoliers complete.    From Wordnik.com.  [Black Bartlemy's Treasure] Reference

So, if I shot birds in winter with my firelock, I caught fish in summer, or attempted so to do, with my angle.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lavengro; the Scholar, the Gypsy, the Priest] Reference

In a few seconds he too, reappeared, bearing in his right hand, not a firelock, but the two missing cartouch boxes.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hardscrabble; or, the fall of Chicago. a tale of Indian warfare] Reference

There he is, as obstinate as a Pig, and as firm as a Rock, with his confounded bright firelock, bayonet, and crossbelts.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Strange Adventures of Captain Dangerous, Vol. 1 of 3 Who was a sailor, a soldier, a merchant, a spy, a slave among the moors...] Reference

He shook his head, shouldered the rusty firelock, and, with a heart full of trouble and anxiety, turned his steps homeward.    From Wordnik.com.  [Legends That Every Child Should Know; a Selection of the Great Legends of All Times for Young People] Reference

They then practised individually at a mark, and showed extraordinary dexterity in the management of the pistol and firelock.    From Wordnik.com.  [Waverley — Volume 1] Reference

In vain the British and their allies fired away at every loophole and embrasure where a man's head or firelock was to be seen.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Three Midshipmen] Reference

In addition to the firelock and knife, I noticed that they still carried the ancient weapon of their race, the fearful tomahawk.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Scalp Hunters] Reference

But just as he turned there came the shot of a firelock from higher up the hill; and with the very sound of it Glenure fell upon the road.    From Wordnik.com.  [Kidnapped] Reference

In the confusion which ensued the horse which bore our hero was shot by one of Gilfillan's party, as he discharged his firelock at random.    From Wordnik.com.  [Waverley — Volume 2] Reference

In the confusion which ensued, the horse which bore our hero was shot by one of Gilfillan's party, as he discharged his firelock at random.    From Wordnik.com.  [Waverley: or, 'Tis sixty years since] Reference