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rifle

 

  6  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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. 
 
  2.  To  whet  with  a  rifle.  See  {Rifle},  n.,  3. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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 
 
  Till  time  shall  rifle  every  youthful  grace.  --Pope. 
 
  2.  To  strip;  to  rob;  to  pillage.  --Piers  Plowman. 
 
  Stand  sir,  and  throw  us  that  you  have  about  ye:  If 
  not  we'll  make  you  sit  and  rifle  you  --Shak. 
 
  3.  To  raffle.  [Obs.]  --J.  Webster. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Rifle  \Ri"fle\,  v.  i. 
  1.  To  raffle.  [Obs.]  --Chapman. 
 
  2.  To  commit  robbery.  [R.]  --Bp.  Hall. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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  it  has  superseded  the  musket. 
 
  2.  pl  (Mil.)  A  body  of  soldiers  armed  with  rifles. 
 
  3.  A  strip  of  wood  covered  with  emery  or  a  similar  material, 
  used  for  sharpening  scythes. 
 
  {Rifle  pit}  (Mil.),  a  trench  for  sheltering  sharpshooters. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  rifle 
  n  :  a  shoulder  weapon  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},  {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:  {go}] 
 
  From  U.S.  Gazetteer  (1990)  [gazetteer]: 
 
  Rifle,  CO  (city,  FIPS  64255) 
  Location:  39.53934  N,  107.77775  W 
  Population  (1990):  4636  (1984  housing  units) 
  Area:  10.0  sq  km  (land),  0.1  sq  km  (water) 
  Zip  code(s):  81650




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