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Originally appearing in Volume V05, Page 54 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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CALIVER , a firearm used in the 16th See also:

CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century. The word is an See also:

ENGLISH

English corruption of " calibre," and arises from the " See also:

ARQUEBUS (also called harquebus, hackbut, &c.)

arquebus of calibre," that is, of See also:

standard See also:

BORE

bore, which replaced the older arquebus. " Caliver," therefore, is practically synonymous with " arquebus." The heavier See also:

MUSKET (Fr. mousquet, Ger. Muskete, &c.)

musket, fired from a See also:

REST (O. Eng. rest, reste, bed, cognate with other Teutonic forms, e.g. Ger. Rast, Riiste, rest, and probably Gothic Rasta, league, i.e. resting or stopping place)

rest, re-placed the caliver or arquebus towards the See also:

close of the century.

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