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Rifle
Rifle
v. t.
To
seize
and
bear
away
by
force
; to
snatch
away
; to
carry
off
.
Rifle
v. t.
To
strip
; to
rob
; to
pillage
.
Rifle
v. t.
To
raffle
.
Rifle
v. i.
To
raffle
.
Rifle
v. i.
To
commit
robbery
.
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superseded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
.
Rifle
n.
A
body
of
soldiers
armed
with
rifles
.
Rifle
n.
A
strip
of
wood
covered
with
emery
or a
similar
material
,
used
for
sharpening
scythes
.
Rifle
v. t.
To
grove
; to
channel
;
especially
, to
groove
internally
with
spiral
channels
; as, to
rifle
a
gun
barrel
or a
cannon
.
Rifle
v. t.
To
whet
with
a
rifle
.
See
Rifle
, n., 3.
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
.
Rifled
imp. & p. p.
of
Rifle
Rifleman
pl.
of
Rifleman
Rifleman
n.
A
soldier
armed
with
a
rifle
.
Rifler
n.
One
who
rifles
; a
robber
.
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