Rifled

Rifled
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. [1913 Webster]

Till time shall rifle every youthful grace. --Pope. [1913 Webster]

2. To strip; to rob; to pillage. --Piers Plowman. [1913 Webster]

Stand, sir, and throw us that you have about ye: If not, we'll make you sit and rifle you. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

3. To raffle. [Obs.] --J. Webster. [1913 Webster]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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  • rifled — Gun Gun (g[u^]n), n. [OE. gonne, gunne; of uncertain origin; cf. Ir., Gael., & LL. gunna, W. gum; possibly (like cannon) fr. L. canna reed, tube; or abbreviated fr. OF. mangonnel, E. mangonel, a machine for hurling stones.] 1. A weapon which… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • rifled — adj. Rifled is used with these nouns: ↑barrel …   Collocations dictionary

  • Rifled musket — The rifled musket is a long barreled infantry weapon (to be distinguished from the shorter rifle carried by some light infantry units), usually percussion, that was common in the 19th century. Rifling gave the rifled musket better long range… …   Wikipedia

  • Rifled breech loader — A rifled breech loader (RBL) is a large artillery piece which, unlike the smooth bore cannon and rifled muzzle loader (RML) which preceded it, has rifling in the barrel and is loaded from the breech at the rear of the gun.The spin imparted by the …   Wikipedia

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  • rifled mortar — graižtvinis minosvaidis statusas T sritis Gynyba apibrėžtis Minosvaidis, turintis vidiniame vamzdžio kanalo paviršiuje graižtvas. Tokie minosvaidžiai ppr. gali šaudyti ne tik minomis, bet ir sviediniais. atitikmenys: angl. rifled mortar rus.… …   Artilerijos terminų žodynas

  • rifled gun — graižtvinis pabūklas statusas T sritis Gynyba apibrėžtis Pabūklas, turintis vidiniame vamzdžio kanalo paviršiuje graižtvas. Graižtviniai babūklai yra visos haubicos, daugelis patrankų, mortyros ir kai kurie minosvaidžiai. atitikmenys: angl.… …   Artilerijos terminų žodynas

  • rifled artillery — graižtvinė artilerija statusas T sritis Gynyba apibrėžtis Artilerija, ginkluota graižtviniais pabūklais. Šiuolaikinėse kariuomenėse naudojami graižtviniai ir lygiavamzdžiai pabūklai. atitikmenys: angl. rifled artillery rus. нарезная артиллерия… …   Artilerijos terminų žodynas

  • rifled — adjective Having a spiral on the interior of a gun bore to make a fired bullet spin in flight to improve range and accuracy. Ant: smoothbore, unrifled See Also: rifle …   Wiktionary

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