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Rifle :: Rifle (v. t.) To seize and bear away by force; to snatch away; to carry off.

Patch :: Patch (n.) A piece of greased cloth or leather used as wrapping for a rifle ball, to make it fit the bore..

Rifling :: Rifling (n.) The system of grooves in a rifled gun barrel or cannon.

Carbine :: Carbine (n.) A short, light musket or rifle, esp. one used by mounted soldiers or cavalry..

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

But :: But (v. t.) The hut or shelter of the person who attends to the targets in rifle practice.

Palter :: Palter (v. t.) To trifle with; to waste; to squander in paltry ways or on worthless things.

Miniment :: Miniment (n.) A trifle; a trinket; a token.

Palter :: Palter (v. i.) To act in insincere or deceitful manner; to play false; to equivocate; to shift; to dodge; to trifle.

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

Nonsense :: Nonsense (n.) Trifles; things of no importance.

Rifled :: Rifled (imp. & p. p.) of Rifl.

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..

Whitworth Gun :: Whitworth gun () A form of rifled cannon and small arms invented by Sir Joseph Whitworth, of Manchester, England..

Dangler :: Dangler (n.) One who dangles about or after others, especially after women; a trifler..

Trifle :: Trifle (n.) To act or talk without seriousness, gravity, weight, or dignity; to act or talk with levity; to indulge in light or trivial amusements..

Pin :: Pin (n.) Hence, a thing of small value; a trifle..

Play :: Play (n.) To act with levity or thoughtlessness; to trifle; to be careless.

Vive :: Vive () Long live, that is, success to; as, vive le roi, long live the king; vive la bagatelle, success to trifles or sport..

Minie Ball :: Minie ball () A conical rifle bullet, with a cavity in its base plugged with a piece of iron, which, by the explosion of the charge, is driven farther in, expanding the sides to fit closely the grooves of the barrel..

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