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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Rifle \Ri"fle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Rifled; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Rifling.] [F. rifler to rifle, sweep away; of uncertain
     origin. CF. Raff.]
     1. To seize and bear away by force; to snatch away; to carry
        off.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Till time shall rifle every youthful grace. --Pope.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To strip; to rob; to pillage. --Piers Plowman.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Stand, sir, and throw us that you have about ye:
              If not, we'll make you sit and rifle you. --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. To raffle. [Obs.] --J. Webster.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Rifling \Ri"fling\, n.
     (a) The act or process of making the grooves in a rifled
         cannon or gun barrel.
     (b) The system of grooves in a rifled gun barrel or cannon.
         [1913 Webster]
  
     Shunt rifling, rifling for cannon, in which one side of the
        groove is made deeper than the other, to facilitate
        loading with shot having projections which enter by the
        deeper part of the grooves.
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Rifle \Ri"fle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Rifled; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Rifling.] [F. rifler to rifle, sweep away; of uncertain
     origin. CF. Raff.]
     1. To seize and bear away by force; to snatch away; to carry
        off.
  
              Till time shall rifle every youthful grace. --Pope.
  
     2. To strip; to rob; to pillage. --Piers Plowman.
  
              Stand, sir, and throw us that you have about ye: If
              not, we'll make you sit and rifle you. --Shak.
  
     3. To raffle. [Obs.] --J. Webster.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Rifling \Ri"fling\, n.
     (a) The act or process of making the grooves in a rifled
         cannon or gun barrel.
     (b) The system of grooves in a rifled gun barrel or cannon.
  
     Shunt rifling, rifling for cannon, in which one side of the
        groove is made deeper than the other, to facilitate
        loading with shot having projections which enter by the
        deeper part of the grooves.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  rifling
       n : the cutting of spiral grooves on the inside of the barrel of
           a firearm [syn: grooving]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  rifling
     n.
     1 (lb en military) The act or process of making the grooves in a
  rifled cannon or gun barrel.
     2 (lb en military) The system of grooves in a rifled gun barrel or
  cannon. Shunt rifling, rifling for cannon, in which one side of the
  groove is made deeper than the other, to facilitate loading with shot
  having projections which enter by the deeper part of the grooves.
     3 (lb en card games) The act or process of letting playing cards
  cascade down one at a time towards the table (or one's hand),
  controlling the speed and flow with one's thumb, which sits on the top
  edges of the cards.
     vb.
     (present participle of en rifle nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  rifling
     n.
     1 (lb en military) The act or process of making the grooves in a
  rifled cannon or gun barrel.
     2 (lb en military) The system of grooves in a rifled gun barrel or
  cannon. Shunt rifling, rifling for cannon, in which one side of the
  groove is made deeper than the other, to facilitate loading with shot
  having projections which enter by the deeper part of the grooves.
     3 (lb en card games) The act or process of letting playing cards
  cascade down one at a time towards the table (or one's hand),
  controlling the speed and flow with one's thumb, which sits on the top
  edges of the cards.
     vb.
     (present participle of en rifle nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  rifling
     n.
     1 (lb en military) The act or process of making the grooves in a
  rifled cannon or gun barrel.
     2 (lb en military) The system of grooves in a rifled gun barrel or
  cannon. Shunt rifling, rifling for cannon, in which one side of the
  groove is made deeper than the other, to facilitate loading with shot
  having projections which enter by the deeper part of the grooves.
     3 (lb en card games) The act or process of letting playing cards
  cascade down one at a time towards the table (or one's hand),
  controlling the speed and flow with one's thumb, which sits on the top
  edges of the cards.
     vb.
     (present participle of en rifle nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  rifling
     n.
     1 (lb en military) The act or process of making the grooves in a
  rifled cannon or gun barrel.
     2 (lb en military) The system of grooves in a rifled gun barrel or
  cannon. Shunt rifling, rifling for cannon, in which one side of the
  groove is made deeper than the other, to facilitate loading with shot
  having projections which enter by the deeper part of the grooves.
     3 (lb en card games) The act or process of letting playing cards
  cascade down one at a time towards the table (or one's hand),
  controlling the speed and flow with one's thumb, which sits on the top
  edges of the cards.
     vb.
     (present participle of en rifle nocat=1)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  rifling
     Englanti vb.
     (taivm-pprees en rifle)

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  rifling
     Engelska a.
     (avledning en rifle ordform=prespart)
     Engelska vb.
     (böjning en verb rifle)

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Rifling /ɹˈaɪflɪŋ/
  السرقة

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  rifling /ɹˈaɪflɪŋ/ 
  žlábkování

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  rifling /ɹˈaɪflɪŋ/
  Drall 
           Note: bei Gewehr

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  rifling /ɹˈaɪflɪŋ/
  Züge 
        "twist of rifling"  - Drall der Züge
        "take the rifling"  - in die Züge eingreifen
     Synonym: grooves
  
   see: barrel groove, groove, rifle a barrel
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  rifling /ɹˈaɪflɪŋ/
  stöbernd, herumstöbernd
     Synonyms: rooting, raking, ferreting
  
   see: root, rifle, rake, ferret around/round/about in/among sth. for sth., rooted, rifled, raked, ferreted
  

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  rifling //ˈɹaɪflɪŋ// 
  1. rihlaus
  act or process
  2. rihlat, rihlaus
  system of grooves

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  rifling /ɹˈaɪflɪŋ/
  huzagolás

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˈɹaɪfɫɪŋ/

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  n. 装膛线,膛线;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     n. 装膛线,膛线

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