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VerbarSans culotte

A fellow without breeches a ragged fellow a name of reproach given in the first French revolution to the extreme republican party

Hausse

A kind of graduated breech sight for a small arm or a cannon

Tort

divisible into three classes, according as they consist in the infringement of a jus in rem, or in breech of a duty imposed by law on a person towards another person, or in the breach of a

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Peep sight

with a small hole to peep through in aiming attached to a rifle or other firearm near the breech distinguished from an open sight

Muzzle loader

A firearm which receives its charge through the muzzle as distinguished from one which is loaded at the breech

Cascabel

The projection in rear of the breech of a cannon usually a knob or breeching loop connected with the gun by a neck In old

Breechloader

A firearm which receives its load at the breech

Breechcloth

A cloth worn around the breech

Codpiece

A part of male dress in front of the breeches formerly made very conspicuous

Dicentra

A genus of herbaceous plants with racemes of two spurred or heart shaped flowers including the Dutchmans breeches and the more showy Bleeding heart Dicentra spectabilis

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