Rifle :: Rifle (n.) 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 As a military firearm it has superseded the musket..
Rifle :: Rifle (n.) A body of soldiers armed with rifles.
Rifle :: Rifle (n.) A strip of wood covered with emery or a similar material, used for sharpening scythes..
Rifle :: Rifle (v. t.) To grove; to channel; especially, to groove internally with spiral channels; as, to rifle a gun barrel or a cannon..
Rifle :: Rifle (v. t.) To whet with a rifle. See Rifle, n., 3..
Riflebird :: Riflebird (n.) Any one of several species of beautiful birds of Australia and New Guinea, of the genera Ptiloris and Craspidophora, allied to the paradise birds..
Trifle :: Trifle (n.) A thing of very little value or importance; a paltry, or trivial, affair..
Trifle :: Trifle (n.) A dish composed of sweetmeats, fruits, cake, wine, etc., with syllabub poured over it..
Trifle :: Trifle (n.) To act or talk without seriousness, gravity, weight, or dignity; to act or talk with levity; to indulge in light or trivial amusements..
Trifle :: Trifle (v. t.) To make of no importance; to treat as a trifle.
Trifle :: Trifle (v. t.) To spend in vanity; to fritter away; to waste; as, to trifle away money..