Confused words. 2014.
rifle / riffle — Rifle means to search with the intention of stealing or taking: The mugger rifled Clarissa s purse looking for cash. To riffle means to shuffle or flip quickly through papers : Bill riffled the card deck before dealing … Confused words
Rifle — Ri fle, n. [Akin to Dan. rifle, or riffel, the rifle of a gun, a chamfer (cf. riffel, riffelb[ o]sse, a rifle gun, rifle to rifle a gun, G. riefeln, riefen, to chamfer, groove), and E. rive. See {Rive}, and cf. {Riffle}, {Rivel}.] 1. A gun, the… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Rifle pit — Rifle Ri fle, n. [Akin to Dan. rifle, or riffel, the rifle of a gun, a chamfer (cf. riffel, riffelb[ o]sse, a rifle gun, rifle to rifle a gun, G. riefeln, riefen, to chamfer, groove), and E. rive. See {Rive}, and cf. {Riffle}, {Rivel}.] 1. A gun … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Riffle — Rif fle (r[i^]f f l), n. [CF. G. riffeln, riefeln, to groove. Cf. {Rifle} a gun.] 1. (Mining) A trough or sluice having cleats, grooves, or steps across the bottom for holding quicksilver and catching particles of gold when auriferous earth is… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
rifle — 1. noun A long firearm firing a single projectile, usually with a rifled barrel to improve accuracy. 2. verb a) to search with intent to steal; to ransack, pillage or plunder. She made a mess when she rifled through the stack of papers, looking… … Wiktionary
Ceylon Planters Rifle Corps — Cap badge of the Ceylon Planters Rifle Corps Active 1900 1949 Count … Wikipedia
Special Forces Combat Assault Riffle — FN SCAR FN SCAR SCAR L standar … Wikipédia en Français
RIF — RI Terme désignant, à l’origine, une partie de la côte méditerranéenne du Maroc autour d’Al Hoceima ainsi que l’arrière pays montagneux et, aujourd’hui, le massif s’étendant en arc de cercle de Tanger, à l’ouest, à Melilla, à l’est: le Rif couvre … Encyclopédie Universelle
Combichrist — Andy LaPlegua of Combichrist performing in 2007 Background information Origin Norway … Wikipedia
Combichrist — Энди ЛаПлега Основная информация Жанр TBM … Википедия
