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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) |
rifle
n 1: a shoulder firearm with a long barrel and a rifled bore;
"he lifted the rifle to his shoulder and fired"
v 1: steal goods; take as spoils; "During the earthquake people
looted the stores that were deserted by their owners" [syn:
plunder, despoil, loot, reave, strip, rifle,
ransack, pillage, foray]
2: go through in search of something; search through someone's
belongings in an unauthorized way; "Who rifled through my
desk drawers?" [syn: rifle, go]
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2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Rifle \Ri"fle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Rifled; p. pr. & vb. n.
Rifling.] [F. rifler to rifle, sweep away; of uncertain
origin. CF. Raff.]
1. To seize and bear away by force; to snatch away; to carry
off.
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Till time shall rifle every youthful grace. --Pope.
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2. To strip; to rob; to pillage. --Piers Plowman.
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Stand, sir, and throw us that you have about ye:
If not, we'll make you sit and rifle you. --Shak.
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3. To raffle. [Obs.] --J. Webster.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Rifle \Ri"fle\, v. i.
1. To raffle. [Obs.] --Chapman.
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2. To commit robbery. [R.] --Bp. Hall.
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4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Rifle \Ri"fle\, n. [Akin to Dan. rifle, or riffel, the rifle of
a gun, a chamfer (cf. riffel, riffelb["o]sse, a rifle gun,
rifle to rifle a gun, G. riefeln, riefen, to chamfer,
groove), and E. rive. See Rive, and cf. Riffle, Rivel.]
1. 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it has superseded the musket.
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2. pl. (Mil.) A body of soldiers armed with rifles.
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3. A strip of wood covered with emery or a similar material,
used for sharpening scythes.
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Rifle pit (Mil.), a trench for sheltering sharpshooters.
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5. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Rifle \Ri"fle\, v. t.
1. To grove; to channel; especially, to groove internally
with spiral channels; as, to rifle a gun barrel or a
cannon.
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2. To whet with a rifle. See Rifle, n., 3.
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6. U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) |
Rifle, CO -- U.S. city in Colorado
Population (2000): 6784
Housing Units (2000): 2586
Land area (2000): 4.290603 sq. miles (11.112611 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.039498 sq. miles (0.102299 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 4.330101 sq. miles (11.214910 sq. km)
FIPS code: 64255
Located within: Colorado (CO), FIPS 08
Location: 39.536992 N, 107.782709 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 81650
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Rifle, CO
Rifle
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Thesaurus Results for rifle:
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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 |
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