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]

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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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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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      it has superseded the musket.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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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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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
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