rifle-pit

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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...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• Pit

  ·noun ·see Pit of the stomach (below). II. Pit ·vt To place or put into a pit or hole. III. Pit ·n...

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• Pit

  A hole in the ground (Ex. 21:33, 34), a cistern for water (Gen. 37:24; Jer. 14:3), a vault (41:9), a...

  Easton's Bible Dictionary

• pit

  1) A watch fob. He drew a rare thimble from the swell's pit. He took a handsome watch from the gentl...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• pit

  (Dutch, pit, a kernel.) The kernel or nut of fruit; as, a cherry-pit. Peculiar to New York. You put...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• pit

  In the dockyards. See saw-pit. ...

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• Pit

  [Hell] ...

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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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• Minie rifle

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

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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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• minie rifle

  This has acquired a great name, though not yet in general use. ...

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• Cyclone pit

  ·add. ·- A cellar or excavation used for refuge from a cyclone, or tornado. ...

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• Pit-hole

  ·noun A pit; a pockmark. ...

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• bottomless pit

  The monosyllable. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• ash-pit

  A receptacle for ashes before the fire-bars in a steamer, or under them in most fire-places. ...

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• pit-pan

  A flat-bottomed, trough-like canoe, used in the Spanish Main and in the West Indies. ...

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• pit-powder

  That made with charcoal which has been burned in pits, not in cylinders. ...

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• pit-a-pat

  The palpitation of the heart: as, my heart went pit-a-pat. Pintledy-pantledy; the same. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose