Rifle vs Nifle - What's the difference?
rifle | nifle |
A long firearm firing a single projectile, usually with a rifled barrel to improve accuracy.
* {{quote-book, year=1907, author=
, title=The Dust of Conflict
, chapter=7 A strip of wood covered with emery or a similar material, used for sharpening scythes.
to search with intent to steal; to ransack, pillage or plunder.
To scan many items (especially papers) in a set, quickly. (See also riffle[http://verbmall.blogspot.com/2008/05/riffle-or-rifle.html])
To add a spiral to the interior of a gun bore to make a fired bullet spin in flight to improve range and accuracy.
To strike something with great power.
* {{quote-news
, year=2010
, date=December 28
, author=Marc Vesty
, title=Stoke 0 - 2 Fulham
, work=BBC
To commit robbery.
To strip of goods; to rob; to pillage.
* Shakespeare
To seize and bear away by force; to snatch away; to carry off.
* Alexander Pope
To raffle.
As a verb rifle
is .As a noun nifle is
(obsolete) a trifle; something small and insignificant.rifle
English
(wikipedia rifle)Noun
(en noun)citation, passage=Still, a dozen men with rifles , and cartridges to match, stayed behind when they filed through a white aldea lying silent amid the cane, and the Sin Verguenza swung into slightly quicker stride.}}
Derived terms
* automatic rifle * rifled slug * riflingVerb
(rifl)- She made a mess when she rifled through the stack of papers, looking for the title document.
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- (Bishop Hall)
- Stand, sir, and throw us that you have about ye: / If not, we'll make you sit and rifle you.
- Time shall rifle every youthful grace.
