transitive verb rifled, rifling
Origin: < riflethe
to hurl or throw with great speedOrigin: Fr rifler, to scrape, scratch < OFr < MHG riffeln, to scratch, heckle (flax) < OHG riffilon, akin to ripple
noun
Origin: short for rifled gun
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See rifle in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
Origin:
Origin: From rifle, to cut spiral grooves in
Origin: , from French rifler
Origin: , from Old French, to plunder, scratch; see rifle2
.verb ri·fled, ri·fling, ri·fles verb, transitive
Origin:
Origin: Middle English riflen, to plunder
Origin: , from Old French rifler
Origin: , probably of Germanic origin
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