Definition of rifle

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Rifle (v. t.) To grove; to channel; especially, to groove internally with spiral channels; as, to rifle a gun barrel or a cannon..

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Strickle :: Strickle (n.) An instrument for whetting scythes; a rifle.
Peddle :: Peddle (v. i.) To do a small business; to be busy about trifles; to piddle.
Niggle :: Niggle (v. t.) To trifle with; to deceive; to mock.
Toyer :: Toyer (n.) One who toys; one who is full of trifling tricks; a trifler.
Rifle :: Rifle (n.) A strip of wood covered with emery or a similar material, used for sharpening scythes..
Rifleman :: Rifleman (n.) A soldier armed with a rifle.
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..
Niggle :: Niggle (v. t.) To fret and snarl about trifles.
Carbine :: Carbine (n.) A short, light musket or rifle, esp. one used by mounted soldiers or cavalry..
Gewgaw :: Gewgaw (n.) A showy trifle; a toy; a splendid plaything; a pretty but worthless bauble.
Range :: Range (v.) A place where shooting, as with cannons or rifles, is practiced..
Palter :: Palter (v. i.) To act in insincere or deceitful manner; to play false; to equivocate; to shift; to dodge; to trifle.
Whiffler :: Whiffler (n.) One who whiffles, or frequently changes his opinion or course; one who uses shifts and evasions in argument; hence, a trifler..
Rifle :: Rifle (v. t.) To whet with a rifle. See Rifle, n., 3..
Whimwham :: Whimwham (n.) A whimsical thing; an odd device; a trifle; a trinket; a gimcrack.
Tomfool :: Tomfool (n.) A great fool; a trifler.
Wanton :: Wanton (n.) A roving, frolicsome thing; a trifler; -- used rarely as a term of endearment..
Ball :: Ball (n.) Any solid spherical, cylindrical, or conical projectile of lead or iron, to be discharged from a firearm; as, a cannon ball; a rifle ball; -- often used collectively; as, powder and ball. Spherical balls for the smaller firearms are commonly called bullets..
Rifle :: Rifle (v. t.) To strip; to rob; to pillage.
Strawberry :: Straw (n.) Anything proverbially worthless; the least possible thing; a mere trifle.
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