The Century dictionary and cyclopedia; a work of universal reference in all departments of knowledge, with a new atlas of the world .. . Pistol-carbine. (/, lock ; b, detachable butt-piece ; c, spring-catch; </, socketfitting butt of pistobstock. pistole (pis-tol), H. [= = ,< F. pistole, a pistole, a coin appar. so called asbeing smaller than the crown, < OF. jiistale, apistol (a small gun): see pistol. The name wasafterward apjilied to the gold coins of othercountries, especially of Spain.] A gold coin ofSpain, worth at the beginning of the nineteenthcentury near
The Century dictionary and cyclopedia; a work of universal reference in all departments of knowledge, with a new atlas of the world .. . Pistol-carbine. (/, lock ; b, detachable butt-piece ; c, spring-catch; </, socketfitting butt of pistobstock. pistole (pis-tol), H. [= = ,< F. pistole, a pistole, a coin appar. so called asbeing smaller than the crown, < OF. jiistale, apistol (a small gun): see pistol. The name wasafterward apjilied to the gold coins of othercountries, especially of Spain.] A gold coin ofSpain, worth at the beginning of the nineteenthcentury nearly ijH United States money. Thename was also applied to the French loiiis dor of gold.
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