Definition of rifling

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

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Quiddity :: Quiddity (n.) A trifling nicety; a cavil; a quibble.
Frivolity :: Frivolity (n.) The condition or quality of being frivolous; also, acts or habits of trifling; unbecoming levity of disposition..
Twist :: Twist (n.) The spiral course of the rifling of a gun barrel or a cannon.
Unconsidered :: Unconsidered (a.) Not considered or attended to; not regarded; inconsiderable; trifling.
Rifling :: Rifling (n.) The act or process of making the grooves in a rifled cannon or gun barrel.
Peevish :: Peevish (a.) Silly; childish; trifling.
Apish :: Apish (a.) Having the qualities of an ape; prone to imitate in a servile manner. Hence: Apelike; fantastically silly; foppish; affected; trifling.
Idle :: Idle (superl.) Of no account; useless; vain; trifling; unprofitable; thoughtless; silly; barren.
Dawdle :: Dawdle (v. t.) To waste by trifling; as, to dawdle away a whole morning..
Dawdle :: Dawdle (v. i.) To waste time in trifling employment; to trifle; to saunter.
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..
Frivolous :: Frivolous (a.) Given to trifling; marked with unbecoming levity; silly; interested especially in trifling matters.
Rap :: Rap (n.) A popular name for any of the tokens that passed current for a half-penny in Ireland in the early part of the eighteenth century; any coin of trifling value.
Trifling :: Trifling (a.) Being of small value or importance; trivial; paltry; as, a trifling debt; a trifling affair..
Nugify :: Nugify (v. t.) To render trifling or futile; to make silly.
Vain :: Vain (superl.) Proud of petty things, or of trifling attainments; having a high opinion of one's own accomplishments with slight reason; conceited; puffed up; inflated..
Trifling :: Trifling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Trifl.
Nugation :: Nugation (n.) The act or practice of trifling.
Light :: Light (superl.) Indulging in, or inclined to, levity; wanting dignity or solemnity; trifling; gay; frivolous; airy; unsubstantial..
Quibblingly :: Quibblingly (adv.) Triflingly; evasively.
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