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firearm
(encz) | firearm,střelná zbraň n: Martin M. |
Firearm
(gcide) | Firearm \Fire"arm`\ (f[imac]r"[aum]rm`), n.
A gun, pistol, or any weapon from which a shot is discharged
by the force of an explosive substance, as gunpowder.
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firearm
(wn) | firearm
n 1: a portable gun; "he wore his firearm in a shoulder holster"
[syn: firearm, piece, small-arm] |
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firearm
(encz) | firearm,střelná zbraň n: Martin M. |
firearms
(encz) | firearms,střelné zbraně n: pl. Zdeněk Brož |
repeating firearm
(encz) | repeating firearm, n: |
semiautomatic firearm
(encz) | semiautomatic firearm, n: |
Repeating firearm
(gcide) | Repeating \Re*peat"ing\, a.
Doing the same thing over again; accomplishing a given result
many times in succession; as, a repeating firearm; a
repeating watch.
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Repeating circle. See the Note under Circle, n., 3.
Repeating decimal (Arith.), a circulating decimal. See
under Decimal.
Repeating firearm, a firearm that may be discharged many
times in quick succession; especially:
(a) A form of firearm so constructed that by the action of
the mechanism the charges are successively introduced
from a chamber containing them into the breech of the
barrel, and fired.
(b) A form in which the charges are held in, and discharged
from, a revolving chamber at the breech of the barrel.
See Revolver, and Magazine gun, under Magazine.
Repeating instruments (Astron. & Surv.), instruments for
observing angles, as a circle, theodolite, etc., so
constructed that the angle may be measured several times
in succession, and different, but successive and
contiguous, portions of the graduated limb, before reading
off the aggregate result, which aggregate, divided by the
number of measurements, gives the angle, freed in a
measure from errors of eccentricity and graduation.
Repeating watch. See Repeater
(a)
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Revolving firearm
(gcide) | Revolving \Re*volv"ing\, a.
Making a revolution or revolutions; rotating; -- used also
figuratively of time, seasons, etc., depending on the
revolution of the earth.
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But grief returns with the revolving year. --Shelley.
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Revolving seasons, fruitless as they pass. --Cowper.
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Revolving firearm. See Revolver.
Revolving light, a light or lamp in a lighthouse so
arranged as to appear and disappear at fixed intervals,
either by being turned about an axis so as to show light
only at intervals, or by having its light occasionally
intercepted by a revolving screen.
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automatic firearm
(wn) | automatic firearm
n 1: a firearm that reloads itself and keeps firing until the
trigger is released [syn: automatic firearm, {automatic
gun}, automatic weapon] |
bureau of alcohol tobacco and firearms
(wn) | Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms
n 1: the law enforcement and tax collection agency of the
Treasury Department that enforces federal laws concerning
alcohol and tobacco products and firearms and explosives
and arson [syn: Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms,
ATF] |
firearm
(wn) | firearm
n 1: a portable gun; "he wore his firearm in a shoulder holster"
[syn: firearm, piece, small-arm] |
repeating firearm
(wn) | repeating firearm
n 1: a firearm that can fire several rounds without reloading
[syn: repeating firearm, repeater] |
semiautomatic firearm
(wn) | semiautomatic firearm
n 1: an autoloader that fires only one shot at each pull of the
trigger |
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