Definition of rifling

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Rifling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Rifl.

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Squeamous :: Squeamish (a.) Having a stomach that is easily or nauseated; hence, nice to excess in taste; fastidious; easily disgusted; apt to be offended at trifling improprieties..
Petty :: Petty (superl.) Little; trifling; inconsiderable; also, inferior; subordinate; as, a petty fault; a petty prince..
Scare :: Scare (n.) Fright; esp., sudden fright produced by a trifling cause, or originating in mistake..
Fettle :: Fettle (v. i.) To make preparations; to put things in order; to do trifling business.
Prate :: Prate (n.) Talk to little purpose; trifling talk; unmeaning loquacity.
Snaphance :: Snaphance (n.) A trifling or second-rate thing or person.
Tittle-tattle :: Tittle-tattle (n.) An idle, trifling talker; a gossip..
Quibblingly :: Quibblingly (adv.) Triflingly; evasively.
Leptology :: Leptology (n.) A minute and tedious discourse on trifling things.
Popinjay :: Popinjay (n.) A trifling, chattering, fop or coxcomb..
Apish :: Apish (a.) Having the qualities of an ape; prone to imitate in a servile manner. Hence: Apelike; fantastically silly; foppish; affected; trifling.
Toyful :: Toyful (a.) Full of trifling play.
Quiddity :: Quiddity (n.) A trifling nicety; a cavil; a quibble.
Pompon :: Pompon (n.) Any trifling ornament for a woman's dress or bonnet.
Trivial :: Trivial (a.) Of little worth or importance; inconsiderable; trifling; petty; paltry; as, a trivial subject or affair..
Coquette :: Coquette (n.) A vain, trifling woman, who endeavors to attract admiration from a desire to gratify vanity; a flirt; -- formerly sometimes applied also to men..
Trifling :: Trifling (a.) Being of small value or importance; trivial; paltry; as, a trifling debt; a trifling affair..
Puerile :: Puerile (a.) Boyish; childish; trifling; silly.
Polygrooved :: Polygrooved (a.) Having many grooves; as, a polygrooved rifle or gun (referring to the rifling)..
Dawdle :: Dawdle (v. t.) To waste by trifling; as, to dawdle away a whole morning..
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