Definition of pistol

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Pistol (n.) The smallest firearm used, intended to be fired from one hand, -- now of many patterns, and bearing a great variety of names. See Illust. of Revolver..

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Present :: Present (a.) To aim, point, or direct, as a weapon; as, to present a pistol or the point of a sword to the breast of another..
Pistolade :: Pistolade (n.) A pistol shot.
Epistolary :: Epistolary (a.) Pertaining to epistles or letters; suitable to letters and correspondence; as, an epistolary style..
Barking Irons :: Barking irons () A pair of pistols.
Epistolean :: Epistolean (n.) One who writes epistles; a correspondent.
Pistoling :: Pistoling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pisto.
Bullet :: Bullet (n.) A missile, usually of lead, and round or elongated in form, to be discharged from a rifle, musket, pistol, or other small firearm..
Pistol :: Pistol (n.) The smallest firearm used, intended to be fired from one hand, -- now of many patterns, and bearing a great variety of names. See Illust. of Revolver..
Click :: Click (n.) A slight sharp noise, such as is made by the cocking of a pistol..
Seven-shooter :: Seven-shooter (n.) A firearm, esp. a pistol, with seven barrels or chambers for cartridges, or one capable of firing seven shots without reloading..
Epistoler :: Epistoler (n.) One of the clergy who reads the epistle at the communion service; an epistler.
Epistolizer :: Epistolizer (n.) A writer of epistles.
Six-shooter :: Six-shooter (n.) A pistol or other firearm which can be fired six times without reloading especially, a six-chambered revolver..
Holster :: Holster (n.) A leather case for a pistol, carried by a horseman at the bow of his saddle..
Barker :: Barker (n.) A pistol.
Pistoleer :: Pistoleer (n.) One who uses a pistol.
Uhlan :: Uhlan (n.) One of a kind of light cavalry of Tartaric origin, first introduced into European armies in Poland. They are armed with lances, pistols, and sabers, and are employed chiefly as skirmishers..
Guard :: Guard (v. t.) A plate of metal, beneath the stock, or the lock frame, of a gun or pistol, having a loop, called a bow, to protect the trigger..
Pistolet :: Pistolet (n.) A small pistol.
Slug :: Slug (v. i.) To become reduced in diameter, or changed in shape, by passing from a larger to a smaller part of the bore of the barrel; -- said of a bullet when fired from a gun, pistol, or other firearm..
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