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rifle-bird
n. sometimes called also Rifleman (q.v.); a bird of paradise. The male is of ageneral velvety black...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
A whetstone for sharpening scythes.--Todd. Worcester. This old English word is retained by the farmers of New England.
All our sports and recreations, if we use them well, must be to our body, or mind, as the mower's whetstone, or rifle, is to his scythe, to sharpen it when it grows dull.--Whately, Redemption of Time (1634), p. 11.
n. sometimes called also Rifleman (q.v.); a bird of paradise. The male is of ageneral velvety black...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris