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

Bayonet :: Bayonet (n.) A pointed instrument of the dagger kind fitted on the muzzle of a musket or rifle, so as to give the soldier increased means of offense and defense..

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..

Fiddle :: Fiddle (v. i.) To keep the hands and fingers actively moving as a fiddler does; to move the hands and fingers restlessy or in busy idleness; to trifle.

Random :: Random (n.) Distance to which a missile is cast; range; reach; as, the random of a rifle ball..

Piddle :: Piddle (v. i.) To deal in trifles; to concern one's self with trivial matters rather than with those that are important.

Faddle :: Faddle (v. i.) To trifle; to toy.

Ball :: Ball (n.) Any solid spherical, cylindrical, or conical projectile of lead or iron, to be discharged from a firearm; as, a cannon ball; a rifle ball; -- often used collectively; as, powder and ball. Spherical balls for the smaller firearms are commonly called bullets..

Sport :: Sport (v. i.) To trifle.

Minie Ball :: Minie ball () A conical rifle bullet, with a cavity in its base plugged with a piece of iron, which, by the explosion of the charge, is driven farther in, expanding the sides to fit closely the grooves of the barrel..

Dilly-dally :: Dilly-dally (v. i.) To loiter or trifle; to waste time.

Rifleman :: Rifleman (pl. ) of Riflema.

Ado :: Ado (n.) Doing; trouble; difficulty; troublesome business; fuss; bustle; as, to make a great ado about trifles..

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

Rifle :: Rifle (v. t.) To strip; to rob; to pillage.

Putter :: Putter (v. i.) To act inefficiently or idly; to trifle; to potter.

But :: But (v. t.) The hut or shelter of the person who attends to the targets in rifle practice.

Trifler :: Trifler (n.) One who trifles.

Stripe :: Strip (n.) The issuing of a projectile from a rifled gun without acquiring the spiral motion.

Fingle-fangle :: Fingle-fangle (n.) A trifle.

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