Definition of rifling

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

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Quiddle :: Quiddle (v. i.) To spend time in trifling employments, or to attend to useful subjects in an indifferent or superficial manner; to dawdle..
Fribble :: Fribble (v. i.) To act in a trifling or foolish manner; to act frivolously.
Frivolous :: Frivolous (a.) Given to trifling; marked with unbecoming levity; silly; interested especially in trifling matters.
Idle :: Idle (superl.) Of no account; useless; vain; trifling; unprofitable; thoughtless; silly; barren.
Snaphance :: Snaphance (n.) A trifling or second-rate thing or person.
Tilly-vally :: Tilly-vally (interj., adv., or a.) A word of unknown origin and signification, formerly used as expressive of contempt, or when anything said was reject as trifling or impertinent..
Rifling :: Rifling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Rifl.
Chitchat :: Chitchat (n.) Familiar or trifling talk; prattle.
Flea-bite :: Flea-bite (n.) A trifling wound or pain, like that of the bite of a flea..
Dalliance :: Dalliance (n.) The act of dallying, trifling, or fondling; interchange of caresses; wanton play..
Piddling :: Piddling (a.) Trifling; trivial; frivolous; paltry; -- applied to persons and things.
Nugation :: Nugation (n.) The act or practice of trifling.
Dawdle :: Dawdle (v. i.) To waste time in trifling employment; to trifle; to saunter.
Trivial :: Trivial (a.) Of little worth or importance; inconsiderable; trifling; petty; paltry; as, a trivial subject or affair..
Tomfoolery :: Tomfoolery (n.) Folly; trifling.
Toysome :: Toysome (a.) Disposed to toy; trifling; wanton.
Panic :: Panic (a.) A sudden, overpowering fright; esp., a sudden and groundless fright; terror inspired by a trifling cause or a misapprehension of danger; as, the troops were seized with a panic; they fled in a panic..
Light :: Light (superl.) Easy to admit influence; inconsiderate; easily influenced by trifling considerations; unsteady; unsettled; volatile; as, a light, vain person; a light mind..
Peddlery :: Peddlery (n.) Trifling; trickery.
Light :: Light (superl.) Indulging in, or inclined to, levity; wanting dignity or solemnity; trifling; gay; frivolous; airy; unsubstantial..
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