Defn: A soldier armed with a rifle.
RIFLER
Ri"fler, n.
Defn: One who rifles; a robber.
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.
RIFT
Rift, obs.
Defn: p. p. of Rive. Spenser.
RIFT
Rift, n. [Written also reft.] Etym: [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 ford.
RIFT
Rift, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Rifted; p. pr. & vb. n. Rifting.]