Definition of rifling

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

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Idle :: Idle (superl.) Of no account; useless; vain; trifling; unprofitable; thoughtless; silly; barren.
Boyish :: Boyish (a.) Resembling a boy in a manners or opinions; belonging to a boy; childish; trifling; puerile.
Dalliance :: Dalliance (n.) The act of dallying, trifling, or fondling; interchange of caresses; wanton play..
Petty :: Petty (superl.) Little; trifling; inconsiderable; also, inferior; subordinate; as, a petty fault; a petty prince..
Scrapepenny :: Scrapepenny (n.) One who gathers and hoards money in trifling sums; a miser.
Serious :: Serious (a.) Important; weighty; not trifling; grave.
Trifling :: Trifling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Trifl.
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..
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.
Quibble :: Quibble (n.) A shift or turn from the point in question; a trifling or evasive distinction; an evasion; a cavil.
Apish :: Apish (a.) Having the qualities of an ape; prone to imitate in a servile manner. Hence: Apelike; fantastically silly; foppish; affected; trifling.
Tattle :: Tattle (n.) Idle talk or chat; trifling talk; prate.
Tittle-tattle :: Tittle-tattle (n.) Idle, trifling talk; empty prattle..
Frible :: Frible (a.) Frivolous; trifling; sily.
Toyer :: Toyer (n.) One who toys; one who is full of trifling tricks; a trifler.
Coquetry :: Coquetry (n.) Attempts to attract admiration, notice, or love, for the mere gratification of vanity; trifling in love..
Rifling :: Rifling (n.) The act or process of making the grooves in a rifled cannon or gun barrel.
Flippant :: Flippant (a.) Speaking fluently and confidently, without knowledge or consideration; empty; trifling; inconsiderate; pert; petulant..
Trivial :: Trivial (a.) Ordinary; commonplace; trifling; vulgar.
Nugation :: Nugation (n.) The act or practice of trifling.
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