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Nugae :: Nugae (n. pl.) Trifles; jests.

Carbine :: Carbine (n.) A short, light musket or rifle, esp. one used by mounted soldiers or cavalry..

Potter :: Potter (v. i.) To busy one's self with trifles; to labor with little purpose, energy, of effect; to trifle; to pother..

Sight :: Sight (v. t.) A small piece of metal, fixed or movable, on the breech, muzzle, center, or trunnion of a gun, or on the breech and the muzzle of a rifle, pistol, etc., by means of which the eye is guided in aiming..

Rifle :: Rifle (v. t.) To whet with a rifle. See Rifle, n., 3..

Quibble :: Quibble (v. i.) To evade the point in question by artifice, play upon words, caviling, or by raising any insignificant or impertinent question or point; to trifle in argument or discourse; to equivocate..

Rifle :: Rifle (n.) A strip of wood covered with emery or a similar material, used for sharpening scythes..

Rifling :: Rifling (n.) The system of grooves in a rifled gun barrel or cannon.

Niggle :: Niggle (v. t.) To trifle with; to deceive; to mock.

Fuss :: Fuss (n.) A tumult; a bustle; unnecessary or annoying ado about trifles.

Breath :: Breath (n.) A single word; the slightest effort; a trifle.

Foddle-faddle :: Foddle-faddle (n.) A trifle; trifling talk; nonsense.

Niggle :: Niggle (v. t.) To fret and snarl about trifles.

Musket :: Musket (n.) A species of firearm formerly carried by the infantry of an army. It was originally fired by means of a match, or matchlock, for which several mechanical appliances (including the flintlock, and finally the percussion lock) were successively substituted. This arm has been generally superseded by the rifle..

Toy :: Toy (v. i.) To dally amorously; to trifle; to play.

Mantelet :: Mantelet (n.) A musket-proof shield of rope, wood, or metal, which is sometimes used for the protection of sappers or riflemen while attacking a fortress, or of gunners at embrasures; -- now commonly written mantlet..

Whitworth Gun :: Whitworth gun () A form of rifled cannon and small arms invented by Sir Joseph Whitworth, of Manchester, England..

Palter :: Palter (v. t.) To trifle with; to waste; to squander in paltry ways or on worthless things.

Rifle :: Rifle (n.) A body of soldiers armed with rifles.

Fussy :: Fussy (superl) Making a fuss; disposed to make an unnecessary ado about trifles; overnice; fidgety.

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