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Muzzle-loading :: Muzzle-loading (a.) Receiving its charge through the muzzle; as, a muzzle-loading rifle..

Fuss :: Fuss (v. i.) To be overbusy or unduly anxious about trifles; to make a bustle or ado.

Mantelet :: Mantelet (n.) A musket-proof shield of rope, wood, or metal, which is sometimes used for the protection of sappers or riflemen while attacking a fortress, or of gunners at embrasures; -- now commonly written mantlet..

Pennyworth :: Pennyworth (n.) A small quantity; a trifle.

Voltigeur :: Voltigeur (n.) One of a picked company of irregular riflemen in each regiment of the French infantry.

Gewgaw :: Gewgaw (n.) A showy trifle; a toy; a splendid plaything; a pretty but worthless bauble.

Toy :: Toy (v. i.) To dally amorously; to trifle; to play.

Ado :: Ado (n.) Doing; trouble; difficulty; troublesome business; fuss; bustle; as, to make a great ado about trifles..

Dandle :: Dandle (v. t.) To play with; to put off or delay by trifles; to wheedle.

Slacken :: Slacken (n.) A spongy, semivitrifled substance which miners or smelters mix with the ores of metals to prevent their fusion..

Practice :: Practice (v. i.) To perform certain acts frequently or customarily, either for instruction, profit, or amusement; as, to practice with the broadsword or with the rifle; to practice on the piano..

Dissipation :: Dissipation (n.) A trifle which wastes time or distracts attention.

Minie Rifle :: Minie rifle () A rifle adapted to minie balls.

Strickle :: Strickle (n.) An instrument for whetting scythes; a rifle.

Trick :: Trick (a.) A toy; a trifle; a plaything.

Range :: Range (v.) A place where shooting, as with cannons or rifles, is practiced..

Nidgery :: Nidgery (n.) A trifle; a piece of foolery.

Polygrooved :: Polygrooved (a.) Having many grooves; as, a polygrooved rifle or gun (referring to the rifling)..

Yager :: Yager (n.) In the German army, one belonging to a body of light infantry armed with rifles, resembling the chasseur of the French army..

Niggle :: Niggle (v. t.) To trifle with; to deceive; to mock.

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