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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

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

century . The word is an

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ENGLISH

English corruption of " calibre," and arises from the "

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

arquebus of calibre," that is, of

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BORE

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

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

musket, fired from a

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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

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close of the century .

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