small arm

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small arm

noun small arms

A firearm designed to be carried and fired by a single person, and often held in the hand. […] about break of day, we heard from the Town a small Arm discharged, and after that a Drum beating a travailler.

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"small arm." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/small%20arm. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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"small arm." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/small%20arm.

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@misc{small_arm_2026,
  title = {small arm},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/small%20arm},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}