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
• STANDARD, BATTLE OF THE

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
• CLOSE (from Lat. clausum, shut)
• CLOSE, MAXWELL HENRY (1822-1903)

close of the century .