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CARBINE (Fr. carabine, Ger. Karabiner)

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Originally appearing in Volume V05, Page 304 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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CARBINE (Fr. carabine, Ger. Karabiner)

CARBINE (Fr. carabine, Ger. Karabiner) , a word which came into use towards the end of the 16th See also:

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

century to denote a See also:

FORM (Lat. forma)

form of small See also:

FIRE (in O. Eng. f j'r; the word is common to West German languages, cf. Dutch vuur, Ger. Feuer; the pre-Teutonic form is seen in Sanskrit pu, pavaka, and Gr. irup; the ultimate origin is usually taken to be a root meaning to purify, cf. Lat. purus)

fire-See also:

ARM (a common Teutonic word; the Indo-European root is ar, to join or fit; cf. the Lat. armus, shoulder, and the plural word arma, weapons, Gr. apphs, joint, and the reduplicated apapilKSV, to join)

arm, shorter than the See also:

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

musket and chiefly used by mounted men. It has retained this significance, through all subsequent modifications of small-arm See also:

DESIGN (Fr. desiin, drawing; Lat. designare, to mark out)

design, to the See also:

PRESENT

present See also:

day, and is now as a See also:

RULE

rule a shortened and otherwise slightly modified form of the See also:

ORDINARY (med. Lat. ordinarius, Fr. ordinaire)

ordinary See also:

RIFLE

rifle (q.v.).

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