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Minie rifle
·- A rifle adapted to minie balls. ...

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Rifle
·vi To commit robbery. II. Rifle ·vi To <<Raffle>>. III. Rifle ·vt To <<Raffle>>. IV. Rifle ·noun...

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rifle
A whetstone for sharpening scythes.--Todd. Worcester. This old English word is retained by the farme...

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Minie ball
·- A conical rifle bullet, with a cavity in its base plugged with a piece of iron, which, by the exp...

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Express rifle
·add. ·- A sporting rifle for use at short ranges, employing a large charge of powder and a light (s...

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Snider rifle
·add. ·noun ·Alt. of <<Snider>>. ...

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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
enfield rifle
The name of the present regulation musket for infantry, as made at the government works at Enfield, ...

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rifle-pit
Cover hastily thrown up by one or two skirmishers, but contributing, when a line of them is joined t...

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