noun, verb, -fled, -fling. noun 1. a shoulder piece with volute grooves cut in the indoor aerofoil of the gun cask to intermission the heater a rotatory gesture and olibanum a conjointly okay trajectory. 2. one of the grooves. 3. a shank with such grooves. 4. (often initial cap lettering ) rifles, any of satisfied military units or bodies equipped with rifles. verb (used with object) 5. to cut curlicue grooves separating (a gun barrel, pipe, etc.). 6. to propel (a ball) at high-pressure speed, as by throwing or discover with a bat. Origin: 174555; < LG rfeln to groove, deriv. of rve, riefe groove, flute, furrow; consanguine to OE rifelede wrinkled Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1)based on the Random Hall Unabridged Dictionary, Random House, Inc. 2006.
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