Usually means: Obsolete type of muzzle-loading musket.
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  8. caliver: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  9. Caliver: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  10. caliver: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
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▸ noun:  (historical) A type of light musket.
▸ noun:  A surname.

Similar:
culverin, saker, fusee, harquebus, ladle, barillet, matchlock, Biscayan, kiver, carbine, more...

Opposite:
matchlock, arquebus

Types:
musket, rifle, shotgun, pistol, revolver, cannon, more...

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Similar:
culverin, saker, fusee, harquebus, ladle, barillet, matchlock, Biscayan, kiver, carbine, more...

Opposite:
matchlock, arquebus

Types:
musket, rifle, shotgun, pistol, revolver, cannon, more...



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