Snaphance
[snæphæns]
Definition
(n.) A spring lock for discharging a firearm; also, the firearm to which it is attached.
(n.) A trifling or second-rate thing or person.
Inputed by Clinton
Definition
n. a term originally applied to the spring-lock of a gun or pistol but afterwards applied to the gun itself a Dutch firelock of the 17th century: a snappish retort.—Also Snaph′aunce.
Typed by Agatha