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n.
One who, or that which, revolves; specifically, a firearm ( commonly a pistol) with several chambers or barrels so arranged as to revolve on an axis, and be discharged in succession by the same lock; a repeater.
n.
One who uses a pistol.
n.
A leather case for a pistol, carried by a horseman at the bow of his saddle.
a.
To aim, point, or direct, as a weapon; as, to present a pistol or the point of a sword to the breast of another.
n.
One of a kind of light cavalry of Tartaric origin, first introduced into European armies in Poland. They are armed with lances, pistols, and sabers, and are employed chiefly as skirmishers.
n.
The name of certain gold coins of various values formerly coined in some countries of Europe. In Spain it was equivalent to a quarter doubloon, or about $3.90, and in Germany and Italy nearly the same. There was an old Italian pistole worth about $5.40.
v. t.
A plate of metal, beneath the stock, or the lock frame, of a gun or pistol, having a loop, called a bow, to protect the trigger.
n.
A firearm, esp. a pistol, with seven barrels or chambers for cartridges, or one capable of firing seven shots without reloading.
imp. & p. p.
of Pistol
n.
A small pistol.
n.
A missile, usually of lead, and round or elongated in form, to be discharged from a rifle, musket, pistol, or other small firearm.
n.
The internal cylindrical cavity of a gun, cannon, pistol, or other firearm, or of a pipe or tube.
n.
A pistol or other firearm which can be fired six times without reloading especially, a six-chambered revolver.
n.
A pistol shot.
v. t.
A small piece of metal, fixed or movable, on the breech, muzzle, center, or trunnion of a gun, or on the breech and the muzzle of a rifle, pistol, etc., by means of which the eye is guided in aiming.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Pistol
v. t.
Sound; noise; as, the report of a pistol or cannon.
v. t.
To shoot with a pistol.
n.
The smallest firearm used, intended to be fired from one hand, -- now of many patterns, and bearing a great variety of names. See Illust. of Revolver.
v. i.
To become reduced in diameter, or changed in shape, by passing from a larger to a smaller part of the bore of the barrel; -- said of a bullet when fired from a gun, pistol, or other firearm.
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