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Meaning Of Rifle
v. t.
To seize and bear away by force; to snatch away; to carry
off.
v. t.
To strip; to rob; to pillage.
v. t.
To raffle.
v. i.
To raffle.
v. i.
To commit robbery.
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 As a military firearm it has superseded the musket.
n.
A body of soldiers armed with rifles.
n.
A strip of wood covered with emery or a similar material,
used for sharpening scythes.
v. t.
To grove; to channel; especially, to groove internally
with spiral channels; as, to rifle a gun barrel or a cannon.