Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - rifle
Rifle
rifle
1. n. & v. --n. 1 a gun with a long rifled barrel, esp. one fired from shoulder-level. 2 (in pl.) riflemen. --v.tr. make spiral grooves in (a gun or its barrel or bore) to make a bullet spin. Phrases and idioms rifle bird any dark green Australian bird of paradise of the genus Ptiloris. rifle-range a place for rifle-practice. rifle-shot 1 the distance coverable by a shot from a rifle. 2 a shot fired with a rifle. Etymology: OF rifler graze, scratch f. Gmc 2. v.tr. & (foll. by through) intr. 1 search and rob, esp. of all that can be found. 2 carry off as booty. Etymology: ME f. OF rifler graze, scratch, plunder f. ODu. riffelen
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I. verb (~d; rifling) Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French ~r to scrape off, plunder, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German riffilōn to saw, obsolete Dutch rijffelen to scrape Date: 14th century transitive verb to ransack especially with the intent to steal, to steal and carry away, intransitive verb to engage in ransacking and stealing, ~r noun II. transitive verb (~d; rifling) Etymology: perhaps from French ~r to scratch, file, from Middle French, to scrape, plunder Date: 1635 to cut spiral grooves into the bore of , III. noun Date: 1770 1. a shoulder weapon with a ~d bore, a ~d artillery piece, soldiers armed with ~s, IV. transitive verb (~d; rifling) Etymology: 3~ Date: 1937 to propel (as a ball) with great force or speed ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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