"Rewet" is a word in ENGLISH

The thumbpiece of the hammer of a gunlock, by which it may be cocked.

An old form of gunlock, as the flintlock, which ignites the priming by a spark; perhaps originally, a matchlock. Hence, …

To measure the dimensions of, or to test the accuracy of the form of, as of a part of a …

The lock of a gun, for producing the discharge. See Lock.

That part of a gunlock which strikes the percussion cap, or firing pin; the cock; formerly, however, a piece of …

The principal or most important spring in a piece of mechanism, especially the moving spring of a watch or clock …

An old form of gunlock containing a match for firing the priming; hence, a musket fired by means of a …

The cock of a gunlock.

The tumbler of a gunlock.

The catch in a gunlock by which the hammer is held cocked or half cocked.

A piece attached to, or forming part of, the hammer of a gunlock, upon which the mainspring acts and in …