What does caliver mean?
Caliver means (historical) A type of light musket..
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/ˈkalɪvə/ · noun
(historical) A type of light musket..
0, giue me the ſpare men, and ſpare me the great ones. Put me a Calyuer into VVarts hand, Bardolph.
That done, running out into the streets, with a crosse-bow in one hand, and a caliver [translating harquebouze] in the other, at two shoots, slew the two first Turks that came next to his gates[…].
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Caliver means (historical) A type of light musket..
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0, giue me the ſpare men, and ſpare me the great ones. Put me a Calyuer into VVarts hand, Bardolph.
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