What is the meaning of Musket?

A kind of firearm formerly carried by the infantry of an army, originally fired by means of a match, or matchlock, for which several mechanical appliances (including the flintlock, and finally the percussion lock) were successively substituted; ultimately superseded by the rifle.

A male Eurasian sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus).

musket

A firearm in general.

musket

Obsolete spelling of mosket.

hundreds and thousands, nonpareils, tiny sprinkles

A sparrowhawk or musket.

Source: wiktionary.org