Usually means: Early flintlock with external mechanism.
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  1. snaphance: Merriam-Webster
  2. snaphance: Collins English Dictionary
  3. snaphance: Wordnik
  4. snaphance: Wiktionary
  5. Snaphance: Dictionary.com
  6. Snaphance: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  7. Snaphance: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  8. snaphance: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  9. Snaphance: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  10. snaphance: FreeDictionary.org
  11. Snaphance: TheFreeDictionary.com

Definitions from Wiktionary (snaphance)

noun:  A spring lock for discharging a firearm.
noun:  The firearm to which it is attached.
noun:  (obsolete) A trifling or second-rate thing or person.
noun:  (obsolete) A snappish retort.

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