Webster's Dictionary 1913

4024

Rifle (2)

Ri″fle, v. i. 1. To raffle. Chapman.2. To commit robbery. Bp. Hall.

4025

Rifle (3)

Ri″fle, n. [Akin to Dan. rifle, or riffel, the rifle of a gun, a chamfer (cf. riffel, riffelbösse, a rifle gun, rifle to rifle a gun, G. riefeln, riefen, to chamfer, groove), an...

4026

Rifle (4)

Ri″fle (?), v. t. 1. To grove; to channel; especially, to groove internally with spiral channels; as, to rifle a gun barrel or a cannon.2. To whet with a rifle. See Rifle, n., 3.

4027

Riflebird

Ri″fle‐bird′ (?), n.(Zoöl.) Any one of several species of beautiful birds of Australia and New Guinea, of the genera Ptiloris and Craspidophora, allied to the paradise birds.☞ T...

4028

Rifleman

Ri″fle‐man (?), n.; pl.Rifleman (�). (Mil.) A soldier armed with a rifle.

4029

Rifler

Ri″fler (?), n. One who rifles; a robber.

4030

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...

4031

Rift

Rift (?), obs.p. p. of Rive. Spenser.

4032

Rift (2)

Rift, n. [Written also reft.] [Dan. rift, fr. rieve to rend. See Rive.] 1. An opening made by riving or splitting; a cleft; a fissure. Spenser.2. A shallow place in a stream; a ...

4033

Rift (3)

Rift, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Rifted; p. pr. & vb. n.Rifting.] To cleave; to rive; to split; as, to rift an oak or a rock; to rift the clouds. Longfellow.To dwell these rifted rocks ...

4034

Rift (4)

Rift, v. i. 1. To burst open; to split. Shak.Timber... not apt to rif with ordnance. Bacon.2. To belch.

4035

Rifter

Rift″er (?), n. A rafter. Holland.

4036

Rig

Rig (?), n. [See Ridge.] A ridge.

4037

Rig (2)

Rig, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Rigged (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Rigging (?).] [Norweg. rigga to bind, particularly, to wrap round, rig; cf. AS. wrīhan to cover.] 1. To furnish with apparatus...

4038

Rig (3)

Rig, n. 1. (Naut.) The peculiar fitting in shape, number, and arrangement of sails and masts, by which different types of vessels are distinguished; as, schooner rig, ship rig, ...

4039

Rig (4)

Rig, n. [Cf. Wriggle.] 1. A romp; a wanton; one given to unbecoming conduct. Fuller.2. A sportive or unbecoming trick; a frolic.3. A blast of wind. Wright.That uncertain season ...

4040

Rig (5)

Rig, v. i. To play the wanton; to act in an unbecoming manner; to play tricks. “Rigging and rifling all ways.” Chapman.

4041

Rig (6)

Rig, v. t. To make free with; hence, to steal; to pilfer. Tusser.To rig the market(Stock Exchange), to raise or lower market prices, as by some fraud or trick.

4042

Rig-Veda

‖Rig′–Ve″da (?). See Veda.

4043

Riga fir

Ri″ga fir′ (?), [So called from Riga, a city in Russia.] (Bot.) A species of pine (Pinus sylvestris), and its wood, which affords a valuable timber; — called also Scotch pine, a...

4044

Rigadoon

Rig′a‐doon″ (?), n. [F. rigadon, rigaudon.] A gay, lively dance for one couple, — said to have been borrowed from Provence in France. W. Irving.Whose dancing dogs in rigadoons e...

4045

Rigarion

Ri‐ga″rion (?), n. [L. rigatio, fr. rigare to water.] See Irrigation.

4046

Rigel

Ri″gel (?), n. [Ar. rijl, properly, foot.] (Astron.) A fixed star of the first magnitude in the left foot of the constellation Orion. [Written also Regel.]

4047

Rigescent

Ri‐ges″cent (?), a. [L. rigescens, p. pr. fr. rigescere to grow stiff.] Growing stiff or numb.

4048

Rigger

Rig″ger (?), n. 1. One who rigs or dresses; one whose occupation is to fit the rigging of a ship.2. A cylindrical pulley or drum in machinery.

4049

Rigger (2)

Rig″ger, n.(Painting) A long slender, and pointed sable brush for making fine lines, etc.; — said to be so called from its use by marine painters for drawing the lines of the ri...

4050

Rigging

Rig″ging (?), n. DRess; tackle; especially (Naut.), the ropes, chains, etc., that support the masts and spars of a vessel, and serve as purchases for adjusting the sails, etc. S...