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• Rifle — Ri fle, v. t. 1. To grove; to channel; especially, to groove internally with spiral channels; as, to rifle a gun barrel or a cannon. [1913 Webster] 2. To whet with a rifle. See {Rifle}, n., 3. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• rifle — rifle1 /ruy feuhl/, n., v., rifled, rifling. n. 1. a shoulder firearm with spiral grooves cut in the inner surface of the gun barrel to give the bullet a rotatory motion and thus a more precise trajectory. 2. one of the grooves. 3. a cannon with… …   Universalium

• Rifle — A rifle is a firearm designed to be fired from the shoulder, with a barrel that has a helical groove or pattern of grooves ( rifling ) cut into the barrel walls. The raised areas of the rifling are called lands, which make contact with the… …   Wikipedia

• cannon — /kan euhn/, n., pl. cannons, (esp. collectively) cannon, v. n. 1. a mounted gun for firing heavy projectiles; a gun, howitzer, or mortar. 2. Brit. Mach. quill (def. 10). 3. Armor. a cylindrical or semicylindrical piece of plate armor for the… …   Universalium

• Cannon — /kan euhn/, n. 1. Annie Jump /jump/, 1863 1941, U.S. astronomer. 2. Joseph Gurney /gerr nee/, ( Uncle Joe ), 1836 1926, U.S. politician and legislator. * * * Long range artillery piece, as distinguished from other big guns such as the howitzer or …   Universalium

• cannon — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. gun, field gun or piece; artillery, ordnance, battery. See arms. II (Roget s IV) n. Types of cannon include: self propelled, muzzle loading, muzzle loader, breech loading, breechloader, demi, whole… …   English dictionary for students

• rifle — Synonyms and related words: Amazon, Zouave, air serviceman, automatic, bersagliere, blowgun, blowpipe, brave, burglarize, burgle, canal, canalize, cannon fodder, carabineer, carve, chamfer, channel, chasseur, chisel, comb, corrugate, crack, crimp …   Moby Thesaurus

• rifle — I ri•fle [[t]ˈraɪ fəl[/t]] n. v. fled, fling 1) a shoulder firearm with a rifled bore 2) a rifled cannon 3) rifles, a military unit equipped with rifles 4) to cut spiral grooves within (a gun barrel, pipe, etc.) 5) to propel (a ball) at high… …   From formal English to slang

• rifle — I. /ˈraɪfəl / (say ruyfuhl) noun 1. a shoulder firearm with spiral grooves cut in the inner surface of the gun barrel to give the bullet a rotatory motion and thus render its flight more accurate. 2. one of the grooves. 3. a cannon with such… …  

• Plasma rifle — TOCrightPlasma rifles are theoretical weapons often used in science fiction. They are, in effect, a type of raygun. Plasma weapons use a small nuclear reactor or fuel cell or other type of advanced energy storage device to power an… …   Wikipedia

• De Bange 80 mm cannon — De Bange 80mm Mle 1877 Canon de campagne de 80 modèle 1877 De Bange 80mm Mle 1877, at the Musée de l Armée, Paris. Type …   Wikipedia