Minie rifle () A rifle adapted to minie balls. |
Range (n.) To set in a row, or in rows |
Range (n.) To place (as a single individual) among others in a line, row, or order, as in the ranks of an army |
Range (n.) To separate into parts |
Range (n.) To dispose in a classified or in systematic order |
Range (n.) To rove over or through |
Range (n.) To sail or pass in a direction parallel to or near |
Range (n.) To be native to, or to live in |
Range (v. i.) To rove at large |
Range (v. i.) To have range |
Range (v. i.) To be placed in order |
Range (v. i.) To have a certain direction |
Range (v. i.) To be native to, or live in, a certain district or region |
Range (v.) A series of things in a line |
Range (v.) An aggregate of individuals in one rank or degree |
Range (v.) The step of a ladder |
Range (v.) A kitchen grate. |
Range (v.) An extended cooking apparatus of cast iron, set in brickwork, and affording conveniences for various ways of cooking |
Range (v.) A bolting sieve to sift meal. |
Range (v.) A wandering or roving |
Range (v.) That which may be ranged over |
Range (v.) Extent or space taken in by anything excursive |
Range (v.) The region within which a plant or animal naturally lives. |
Range (v.) The horizontal distance to which a shot or other projectile is carried. |
Range (v.) Sometimes, less properly, the trajectory of a shot or projectile. |
Range (v.) A place where shooting, as with cannons or rifles, is practiced. |
Range (v.) In the public land system of the United States, a row or line of townships lying between two successive meridian lines six miles apart. |
Range (v.) See Range of cable, below. |
Rifle (v. t.) To seize and bear away by force |
Rifle (v. t.) To strip |
Rifle (v. t.) To raffle. |
Rifle (v. i.) To raffle. |
Rifle (v. i.) To commit robbery. |
Rifle (n.) 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 As a military firearm it has superseded the musket. |
Rifle (n.) A body of soldiers armed with rifles. |
Rifle (n.) A strip of wood covered with emery or a similar material, used for sharpening scythes. |
Rifle (v. t.) To grove |
Rifle (v. t.) To whet with a rifle. See Rifle, n., 3. |
Shooting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Shoot |
Shooting (n.) The act of one who, or that which, shoots |
Shooting (n.) A wounding or killing with a firearm |
Shooting (n.) A sensation of darting pain |
Shooting (a.) Of or pertaining to shooting |
Stable stand () The position of a man who is found at his standing in the forest, with a crossbow or a longbow bent, ready to shoot at a deer, or close by a tree with greyhounds in a leash ready to slip |
Stand (n.) To be at rest in an erect position |
Stand (n.) To be supported on the feet, in an erect or nearly erect position |
Stand (n.) To continue upright in a certain locality, as a tree fixed by the roots, or a building resting on its foundation. |
Stand (n.) To occupy or hold a place |
Stand (n.) To cease from progress |
Stand (n.) To remain without ruin or injury |
standdown stand-down | (military) a temporary stop of offensive military action |
one-night stand | a performance in one place on one night only |
shooting shot | the act of firing a projectile, his shooting was slow but accurate |
skeet skeet shooting trapshooting | the sport of shooting at clay pigeons that are hurled upward in such a way as to simulate the flight of a bird |
shooting | killing someone by gunfire, when the shooting stopped there were three dead bodies |
drive-by shooting | shooting someone from a car as it is driven past the victim |
wing shooting | shooting game birds that are flying (on the wing) |
crap shooting crapshoot crap game | playing craps |
one-night stand | a brief sexual encounter lasting only for a single night, he ran through a series of loveless one-night stands |
stand | a defensive effort, the army made a final stand at the Rhone |
stand | a stop made by a touring musical or theatrical group to give a performance, a one-night stand |
Little Bighorn Battle of Little Bighorn Battle of the Little Bighorn Custer's Last Stand | a battle in Montana near the Little Bighorn River between United States cavalry under Custer and several groups of Native Americans (), Custer was pursuing Sioux led by Sitting Bull, Custer underestimated the size of the Sioux forces (which were supported by Cheyenne warriors) and was killed along with all his command |
range animal | any animal that lives and grazes in the grassy open land of western North America (especially horses, cattle, sheep) |
air gun airgun air rifle | a gun that propels a projectile by compressed air |
assault rifle assault gun | any of the automatic rifles or semiautomatic rifles with large magazines designed for military use |
automatic rifle automatic machine rifle | light machine gun |
bandstand outdoor stage stand | a platform where a (brass) band can play in the open air |
base pedestal stand | a support or foundation, the base of the lamp |
Browning automatic rifle BAR | a portable . caliber automatic rifle operated by gas pressure and fed by cartridges from a magazine, used by United States troops in World War I and in World War II and in the Korean War |
clothes tree coat tree coat stand | an upright pole with pegs or hooks on which to hang clothing |
cruet-stand | a stand for cruets containing various condiments |
electric range | a kitchen range in which the heat for cooking is provided by electric power |
firing range target range | a practice range for target practice |
Garand rifle Garand M- M- rifle | a semiautomatic rifle |
gas range gas stove gas cooker | a range with gas rings and an oven for cooking with gas |
golf range driving range | a practice range for practicing golf shots |
grandstand covered stand | a stand at a racecourse or stadium consisting of tiers with rows of individual seats that are under a protective roof |
music stand music rack | a light stand for holding sheets of printed music |
omnirange omnidirectional range omnidirectional radio range | a navigational system consisting of a network of radio beacons that provide aircraft with information about exact position and bearing |
pistol handgun side arm shooting iron | a firearm that is held and fired with one hand |
practice range | a place for practicing golf shots |
rack stand | a support for displaying various articles, the newspapers were arranged on a rack |
range | a place for shooting (firing or driving) projectiles of various kinds, the army maintains a missile range in the desert, any good golf club will have a range where you can practice |
rangefinder range finder | a measuring instrument (acoustic or optical or electronic) for finding the distance of an object |
range hood | exhaust hood over a kitchen range |
range pole ranging pole flagpole | surveying instrument consisting of a straight rod painted in bands of alternate red and white each one foot wide, used for sightings by surveyors |
reviewing stand | a stand from which a parade or military force can be reviewed |
rifle | a shoulder firearm with a long barrel and a rifled bore, he lifted the rifle to his shoulder and fired |
rifle ball | a bullet designed to be fired from a rifle, no longer made spherical in shape |
rifle butt | the butt end of a rifle |
rifle grenade | a grenade that is thrown from a launching device attached to the barrel of a rifle |
rifle range | a range where people can practice shooting rifles, during the war they turned the bowling alleys into rifle ranges |
rocket range | a firing range for rocket missiles |
shooting brake | another name for a station wagon |
shooting gallery shooting range | an enclosed firing range with targets for rifle or handgun practice |
shooting gallery | a building (usually abandoned) where drug addicts buy and use heroin |
shooting lodge shooting box | a small country house used by hunters during the shooting season |
shooting stick | device that resembles a spiked walking stick but the top opens into a seat |
sniper rifle precision rifle | an extremely powerful rifle developed for the military, capable of destroying light armored vehicles and aircraft more than a mile away |
stall stand sales booth | a booth where articles are displayed for sale |