| rifle | (n) a shoulder firearm with a long barrel and a rifled bore, Example: he lifted the rifle to his shoulder and fired |
| rifle | (v) go through in search of something; search through someone's belongings in an unauthorized way, Syn. go, Example: Who rifled through my desk drawers? |
| rifle ball | (n) a bullet designed to be fired from a rifle; no longer made spherical in shape |
| riflebird | (n) velvety black Australian bird of paradise with green and purple iridescence on head and tail, Syn. Ptloris paradisea |
| rifle butt | (n) the butt end of a rifle |
| rifle grenade | (n) a grenade that is thrown from a launching device attached to the barrel of a rifle |
| rifleman | (n) someone skilled in the use of a rifle |
| rifleman | (n) a soldier whose weapon is a rifle |
| rifleman bird | (n) small green-and-bronze bird, Syn. Acanthisitta chloris |
| rifle range | (n) the distance that a rifle bullet will carry, Syn. rifle shot, Example: the target was out of rifle range |
| Rifle | n. [ Akin to Dan. rifle, or riffel, the rifle of a gun, a chamfer (cf. riffel, riffelbösse, a rifle gun, rifle to rifle a gun, G. riefeln, riefen, to chamfer, groove), and E. rive. See Rive, and cf. Riffle, Rivel. ]
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| Rifle | v. t. Till time shall rifle every youthful grace. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ] Stand, sir, and throw us that you have about ye: |
| Rifle | v. i. |
| Rifle | v. t. |
| Riflebird | n. (Zool.) Any one of several species of beautiful birds of Australia and New Guinea, of the genera ☞ The largest and best known species is Ptiloris paradisea of Australia. Its general color is rich velvety brown, glossed with lilac; the under parts are varied with rich olive green, and the head, throat, and two middle tail feathers are brilliant metallic green. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Rifleman | n.; |
| Rifler | n. One who rifles; a robber. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Rifling | n.
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