(v) go through in search of something; search through someone's belongings in an unauthorized way, Syn. go, Example:Who rifled through my desk drawers?

rifle ball

(n) a bullet designed to be fired from a rifle; no longer made spherical in shape

riflebird

(n) velvety black Australian bird of paradise with green and purple iridescence on head and tail, Syn. Ptloris paradisea

rifle butt

(n) the butt end of a rifle

rifle grenade

(n) a grenade that is thrown from a launching device attached to the barrel of a rifle

rifleman

(n) someone skilled in the use of a rifle

rifleman

(n) a soldier whose weapon is a rifle

rifleman bird

(n) small green-and-bronze bird, Syn. Acanthisitta chloris

rifle range

(n) the distance that a rifle bullet will carry, Syn. rifle shot, Example:the target was out of rifle range

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53 Collaborative International Dictionary (GCIDE)

Rifle

n. [ Akin to Dan. rifle, or riffel, the rifle of a gun, a chamfer (cf. riffel, riffelbösse, a rifle gun, rifle to rifle a gun, G. riefeln, riefen, to chamfer, groove), and E. rive. See Rive, and cf. Riffle, Rivel. ] 1. A gun, the inside of whose barrel is grooved with spiral channels, thus giving the ball a rotary motion and insuring greater accuracy of fire. As a military firearm it has superseded the musket. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. pl. (Mil.) A body of soldiers armed with rifles. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A strip of wood covered with emery or a similar material, used for sharpening scythes. [ 1913 Webster ]

Rifle pit (Mil.), a trench for sheltering sharpshooters. [ 1913 Webster ]

Rifle

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Rifled p. pr. & vb. n. Rifling ] [ F. rifler to rifle, sweep away; of uncertain origin. CF. Raff. ] 1. To seize and bear away by force; to snatch away; to carry off. [ 1913 Webster ]

Till time shall rifle every youthful grace. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To strip; to rob; to pillage. Piers Plowman. [ 1913 Webster ]

Stand, sir, and throw us that you have about ye:
If not, we'll make you sit and rifle you. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To raffle. [ Obs. ] J. Webster. [ 1913 Webster ]

Rifle

v. i. 1. To raffle. [ Obs. ] Chapman. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To commit robbery. [ R. ] Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

Rifle

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 ]

Riflebird

n. (Zool.) Any one of several species of beautiful birds of Australia and New Guinea, of the genera Ptiloris and Craspidophora, allied to the paradise birds. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The largest and best known species is Ptiloris paradisea of Australia. Its general color is rich velvety brown, glossed with lilac; the under parts are varied with rich olive green, and the head, throat, and two middle tail feathers are brilliant metallic green. [ 1913 Webster ]

Rifleman

n.; pl. Rifleman (Mil.) A soldier armed with a rifle. [ 1913 Webster ]

Rifler

n. One who rifles; a robber. [ 1913 Webster ]

Rifling

n. (a) The act or process of making the grooves in a rifled cannon or gun barrel. (b) The system of grooves in a rifled gun barrel or cannon. [ 1913 Webster ]

Shunt rifling, rifling for cannon, in which one side of the groove is made deeper than the other, to facilitate loading with shot having projections which enter by the deeper part of the grooves. [ 1913 Webster ]

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