frizzen

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noun

An L-shaped piece of steel hinged at the rear used in flintlock firearms, positioned over the flash pan so to enclose a small priming charge of black powder next to the flash hole that is drilled through the barrel, such that when fired the flint scrapes it so as to create a spark.

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Meanings

nounfrizzen (plural frizzens)

plural frizzens

  1. An L-shaped piece of steel hinged at the rear used in flintlock firearms, positioned over the flash pan so to enclose a small priming charge of black powder next to the flash hole that is drilled through the barrel, such that when fired the flint scrapes it so as to create a spark.

Origin

From earlier frizzle (noun), of unknown origin. Compare fleerish, furison.

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APA

frizzen. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/frizzen

MLA

“frizzen.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/frizzen. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “frizzen,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/frizzen.

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