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Frizel

Frizel \Friz"el\, a. (Firearms) A movable furrowed piece of steel struck by the flint, to throw sparks into the pan, in an early form of flintlock.
--Knight.

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frizel

n. A movable furrowed piece of steel struck by the flint, to throw sparks into the pan, in an early form of flintlock.

Usage examples of "frizel".

The Frizels and the Indians were the human background to his life, but it was a background undifferentiated, for he never troubled to distinguish between the two Hares, and Lew, who was his daily ministrant, seemed to have absorbed the personality of Johnny.

One evening, when he saw what appeared to be three Frizels in the hut, he thought his mind wandering.

The Frizels were old professionals at the business, and yet it would be he, the novice, who would have to direct it.

Let the Frizels carry him with them wherever they liked, inert and passive, until the time came when they could shovel his body into the earth.

The Frizels, Lew and Johnny, are men of high character and great experience.

With the help of the Frizels, who knew the tribe well, a number of conferences were held, and there was a lot of straight talk.

The two Frizels, with a selected band of Hares, made up a hunting party, and, knowing how to find the moose stamping-grounds, were able to send in a steady supply of fresh meat.

The two Frizels were dropped at Ottawa, it being their intention, at all costs, to join the Canadian Forces in Europe.

The last time I heard of Eudy he was working for the Probation Department in San Jose and raising intellectual Okies with his wife, Cappie who cared not one wit for Nietzsche or Lefty Frizel.