Definition of rifle

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Rifle (n.) A gun, the inside of whose barrel is grooved with spiral channels, thus giving the ball a rotary motion and insuring greater accuracy of fire. As a military firearm it has superseded the musket..

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Fuss :: Fuss (v. i.) To be overbusy or unduly anxious about trifles; to make a bustle or ado.
Piddle :: Piddle (v. i.) To deal in trifles; to concern one's self with trivial matters rather than with those that are important.
Riflebird :: Riflebird (n.) Any one of several species of beautiful birds of Australia and New Guinea, of the genera Ptiloris and Craspidophora, allied to the paradise birds..
Finikin :: Finikin (a.) Precise in trifles; idly busy.
Pennyworth :: Pennyworth (n.) A small quantity; a trifle.
Toyer :: Toyer (n.) One who toys; one who is full of trifling tricks; a trifler.
Musket :: Musket (n.) A species of firearm formerly carried by the infantry of an army. It was 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. This arm has been generally superseded by the rifle..
Stripe :: Strip (n.) The issuing of a projectile from a rifled gun without acquiring the spiral motion.
Peddle :: Peddle (v. i.) To do a small business; to be busy about trifles; to piddle.
Rifling :: Rifling (n.) The act or process of making the grooves in a rifled cannon or gun barrel.
Trinket :: Trinket (v. t.) A thing of little value; a trifle; a toy.
Coquet :: Coquet (v. i.) To trifle in love; to stimulate affection or interest; to play the coquette; to deal playfully instead of seriously; to play (with); as, we have coquetted with political crime..
Dawdle :: Dawdle (v. i.) To waste time in trifling employment; to trifle; to saunter.
Tomfool :: Tomfool (n.) A great fool; a trifler.
Pool :: Pool (n.) In rifle shooting, a contest in which each competitor pays a certain sum for every shot he makes, the net proceeds being divided among the winners..
Dissipation :: Dissipation (n.) A trifle which wastes time or distracts attention.
Vive :: Vive () Long live, that is, success to; as, vive le roi, long live the king; vive la bagatelle, success to trifles or sport..
Rifle :: Rifle (n.) A strip of wood covered with emery or a similar material, used for sharpening scythes..
Quibble :: Quibble (v. i.) To evade the point in question by artifice, play upon words, caviling, or by raising any insignificant or impertinent question or point; to trifle in argument or discourse; to equivocate..
Haberdashery :: Haberdashery (n.) The goods and wares sold by a haberdasher; also (Fig.), trifles..
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