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(1):

(v. i.) To raffle.

(2):

(n.) A body of soldiers armed with rifles.

(3):

(n.) 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 As a military firearm it has superseded the musket.

(4):

(v. t.) To whet with a rifle. See Rifle, n., 3.

(5):

(v. t.) To grove; to channel; especially, to groove internally with spiral channels; as, to rifle a gun barrel or a cannon.

(6):

(n.) A strip of wood covered with emery or a similar material, used for sharpening scythes.

(7):

(v. t.) To strip; to rob; to pillage.

(8):

(v. i.) To commit robbery.

(9):

(v. t.) To raffle.

(10):

(v. t.) To seize and bear away by force; to snatch away; to carry off.