2. Verb. (third-person singular of rifle) ¹
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Definition of Rifles
1. rifle [v] - See also: rifle
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rifles
Literary usage of Rifles
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1846)
"Sir Andrew Barnard, as far as I recollect from hearsay, at the time, was in
command of the rifles in Spain at that moment; and, as 1 no» n> member the story ..."
2. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"Its fighting strength is 12000 rifles, 300 to 450 lances and 72 guns. Its fighting
strength is 3600 lances, 30 rifles and 12 guns. The Army Cprp.t. ..."
3. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1920)
"Breechloading rifles and carbines of private manufacture were purchased in large
... In 1870 the Ordnance Board recommended for trial from the many rifles ..."
4. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"Match rifles (MR): any breech-loading rifle complying with the following ...
Modern American Target rifles.—In America, according to some authorities, ..."
5. Lew Wallace; an Autobiography by Lew Wallace (1906)
"IX The military companies—"Marion rifles"—Sham battle—Henry Clay — Reporter for
legislature, 1844-5 — Studies law with his father. A MILITARY company known ..."
6. Palmer's Index to "The Times" Newspaper (1872)
"5 с—8 a 5/—12 об/ Kent rifles, боб с—16 a 10 u—29 a 8 6 Ketteringham Camp for
the Norfolk Volunteers, 2/5 d Lindsay (Col. Loyd) and the Metropolitan Militia ..."
7. The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events by Frank Moore, Edward Everett (1868)
"We fired during the action one hundred and twenty shells from the eleven-inch
guns, and ninety two from the one-hundred- pounder rifles. ..."
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