rifle

In gun-making, to cut spiral grooves in (the bore of a gun-barrel).

To whet, as a scythe, with a rifle.

To groove firearms spirally along the interior of the bore.

To seize and bear away by force; snatch away.

To rob; plunder; pillage: often followed by of.

To raffle; dispose of in a raffle.

To commit robbery or theft.

To raffle; play at dice or some other game of chance wherein the winner secures stakes previously agreed upon.

A bent stick standing on the butt of the handle of a scythe.

An instrument used after the manner of a whetstone for sharpening scythes, and consisting of a piece of wood coated with sharp sand or emery, with a handle at one end.