See also:

• 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 (O. Eng. dreg, Ger. Tag; according to the New English Dictionary, " in no way related to the Lat. dies")
• DAY, JOHN (1574-1640?)
• DAY, THOMAS (1748-1789)

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.) .