Musket vs. Rifle

Musketnoun

A kind of firearm formerly carried by the infantry of an army, originally fired by means of a match, or matchlock, for which several mechanical appliances (including the flintlock, and finally the percussion lock) were successively substituted; ultimately superseded by the rifle.

Musketnoun

(falconry) A male Eurasian sparrowhawk.

Musketnoun

The male of the sparrow hawk.

Musketnoun

A species of firearm formerly carried by the infantry of an army. It was originally fired by means of a match, or matchlock, for which several mechanical appliances (including the flintlock, and finally the percussion lock) were successively substituted. This arm has been completely superseded by the rifle, and is now only of historical interest.

Musketnoun

a muzzle-loading shoulder gun with a long barrel; formerly used by infantrymen

Musket

A musket is a muzzle-loaded long gun that appeared as a smoothbore weapon in the early 16th century, at first as a heavier variant of the arquebus, capable of penetrating heavy armor. By the mid-16th century, this type of musket went out of use as heavy armor declined, but the term musket continued as the name given for any hand held long gun until the mid-19th century.

Riflenoun

A long firearm firing a single projectile, usually with a rifled barrel to improve accuracy.

Riflenoun

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

Rifleverb

To search with intent to steal; to ransack, pillage or plunder.

Rifleverb

To scan many items (especially papers) in a set, quickly. (See also riffle[http://verbmall.blogspot.com/2008/05/riffle-or-rifle.html])

Rifleverb

To add a spiral to the interior of a gun bore to make a fired bullet spin in flight to improve range and accuracy.

Rifleverb

To strike something with great power.

Rifleverb

(intransitive) To commit robbery.

Rifleverb

(transitive) To strip of goods; to rob; to pillage.

Rifleverb

To seize and bear away by force; to snatch away; to carry off.

Rifleverb

To raffle.

Rifleverb

To seize and bear away by force; to snatch away; to carry off.

Rifleverb

To strip; to rob; to pillage.

Rifleverb

To raffle.

Rifleverb

To raffle.

Rifleverb

To commit robbery.

Rifleverb

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

Rifleverb

To whet with a rifle. See Rifle, n., 3.

Riflenoun

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.

Riflenoun

A body of soldiers armed with rifles.

Riflenoun

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

Riflenoun

a shoulder firearm with a long barrel and a rifled bore;

Rifleverb

steal goods; take as spoils;

Rifleverb

go through in search of something; search through someone's belongings in an unauthorized way;

Riflenoun

a gun, especially one fired from shoulder level, having a long spirally grooved barrel intended to make a bullet spin and thereby have greater accuracy over a long distance

Riflenoun

troops armed with rifles

Rifleverb

make spiral grooves in (a gun or its barrel or bore) to make a bullet spin and thereby have greater accuracy over a long distance

Rifleverb

hit or kick (a ball) hard and straight

Rifleverb

search through something in a hurried way in order to find or steal something

Rifleverb

steal

Rifle

A rifle is a long-barrelled firearm designed for accurate shooting, with a barrel that has a helical pattern of grooves (rifling) cut into the bore wall. In keeping with their focus on accuracy, rifles are typically designed to be held with both hands and braced firmly against the shooter's shoulder via a buttstock for stability during shooting.