Definition of rifling

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Rifling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Rifl.

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Rifling :: Rifling (n.) The act or process of making the grooves in a rifled cannon or gun barrel.
Kickshaws :: Kickshaws (n.) Something fantastical; any trifling, trumpery thing; a toy..
Snaphance :: Snaphance (n.) A trifling or second-rate thing or person.
Desipient :: Desipient (a.) Foolish; silly; trifling.
Toyful :: Toyful (a.) Full of trifling play.
Flippant :: Flippant (a.) Speaking fluently and confidently, without knowledge or consideration; empty; trifling; inconsiderate; pert; petulant..
Levity :: Levity (n.) Lack of gravity and earnestness in deportment or character; trifling gayety; frivolity; sportiveness; vanity.
Dawdle :: Dawdle (v. i.) To waste time in trifling employment; to trifle; to saunter.
Fangle :: Fangle (v. t.) Something new-fashioned; a foolish innovation; a gewgaw; a trifling ornament.
Coquette :: Coquette (n.) A vain, trifling woman, who endeavors to attract admiration from a desire to gratify vanity; a flirt; -- formerly sometimes applied also to men..
Burlesque :: Burlesque (a.) Tending to excite laughter or contempt by extravagant images, or by a contrast between the subject and the manner of treating it, as when a trifling subject is treated with mock gravity; jocular; ironical..
Twaddy :: Twaddy (n.) Idle trifling; twaddle.
Fribble :: Fribble (v. i.) To act in a trifling or foolish manner; to act frivolously.
Apish :: Apish (a.) Having the qualities of an ape; prone to imitate in a servile manner. Hence: Apelike; fantastically silly; foppish; affected; trifling.
Twist :: Twist (n.) The spiral course of the rifling of a gun barrel or a cannon.
Squeamous :: Squeamish (a.) Having a stomach that is easily or nauseated; hence, nice to excess in taste; fastidious; easily disgusted; apt to be offended at trifling improprieties..
Leptology :: Leptology (n.) A minute and tedious discourse on trifling things.
Quiddle :: Quiddle (v. i.) To spend time in trifling employments, or to attend to useful subjects in an indifferent or superficial manner; to dawdle..
Tittle-tattle :: Tittle-tattle (n.) An idle, trifling talker; a gossip..
Light :: Light (superl.) Indulging in, or inclined to, levity; wanting dignity or solemnity; trifling; gay; frivolous; airy; unsubstantial..
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