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..
Epistolar :: Epistolar (a.) Epistolary.
Epistolize :: Epistolize (v. i.) To write epistles.
Report :: Report (v. t.) Sound; noise; as, the report of a pistol or cannon..
Barking Irons :: Barking irons () A pair of pistols.
Pistol :: Pistol (v. t.) To shoot with a pistol.
Epistoler :: Epistoler (n.) One of the clergy who reads the epistle at the communion service; an epistler.
Flintlock :: Flintlock (n.) A lock for a gun or pistol, having a flint fixed in the hammer, which on striking the steel ignites the priming..
Epistolizer :: Epistolizer (n.) A writer of epistles.
Armory :: Armory (n.) A manufactory of arms, as rifles, muskets, pistols, bayonets, swords..
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..
Pistolet :: Pistolet (n.) A small pistol.
Dag :: Dag (n.) A large pistol formerly used.
Epistolary :: Epistolary (a.) Pertaining to epistles or letters; suitable to letters and correspondence; as, an epistolary style..
Click :: Click (n.) A slight sharp noise, such as is made by the cocking of a pistol..
Writ :: Writ (n.) An instrument in writing, under seal, in an epistolary form, issued from the proper authority, commanding the performance or nonperformance of some act by the person to whom it is directed; as, a writ of entry, of error, of execution, of injunction, of mandamus, of return, of summons, and the like..
Pistolade :: Pistolade (n.) A pistol shot.
Revolver :: Revolver (n.) One who, or that which, revolves; specifically, a firearm ( commonly a pistol) with several chambers or barrels so arranged as to revolve on an axis, and be discharged in succession by the same lock; a repeater..
Epistolean :: Epistolean (n.) One who writes epistles; a correspondent.
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..
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