<B>riflery, </B>noun, pl. <B>-ries.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>shooting with a rifle, especially in target practice. <BR> <I>Ex. Montana's Lones Wigger, Jr. won two medals in riflery at Tokyo (Time).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>firing from rifles. <BR> <I>Ex. Once before Shakespeare's cliff reverberated with the roar of riflery (Punch).</I> </DL>
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<B>rifle salute,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a military salute given while shouldering or ordering arms. </DL>
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<B>rifling, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the act or process of cutting spiral grooves in a gun barrel. <DD><B> 2. </B>the system of spiral grooves in a rifle. </DL>
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<B>rift, </B>noun, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> a cleft; break; crack. <BR> <I>Ex. a rift in the earth or a rock, (Figurative.) a rift in a friendship. The sun shone through a rift in the clouds.</I> (SYN) fissure, fracture. <DD><I>v.t., v.i. </I> to cause or form a rift; split; cleave. </DL>
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<B>rift saw,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a saw for making boards, laths, and other long strips. </DL>
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<B>rift-sawed, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> sawed lengthwise into quarters before being sawed into boards. </DL>
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<B>rift valley,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a valley formed by the lowering of an area of land between two nearly parallel faults; graben. </DL>
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<B>Rift Valley fever,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a virus disease common in parts of Africa, affecting sheep, cattle, and sometimes man. </DL>
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<B>rift zone,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Geology.) a large area of the earth in which a rift occurs when plates of the earth's crust move away from one another. </DL>
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<B>rig</B> (1), verb, <B>rigged,</B> <B>rigging,</B> noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to fit (a ship) with masts, sails, and ropes. <BR> <I>Ex. The sailor rigged a toy boat for the little boy.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>to move (as a shroud, boom, or stay) to its proper place. <BR> <I>Ex. to rig a new mainmast.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>to equip; fit out. <DD><B> 4. </B>(Informal.) to dress. <BR> <I>Ex. On Halloween the children rig themselves up in funny clothes.</I> <DD><B> 5. </B>to get ready for use. <BR> <I>Ex. Forward there! rig the head-pump! (Richard Henry Dana).</I> <DD><B> 6. </B>to put together in a hurry or by using odds and ends. <BR> <I>Ex. The boys rigged up a tent in the back yard with a rope and a blanket.</I> <DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>the arrangement of masts, sails, and ropes on a ship. A schooner has a fore-and-aft rig; that is, the sails are set lengthwise on the ship. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Informal.) a set of clothes; costume. <BR> <I>Ex. His rig consisted of a silk hat and overalls.</I> <DD><B> 3a. </B>outfit; equipment. <BR> <I>Ex. a camper's rig.</I> (SYN) accouterment, tackle. <DD><B> b. </B>heavy machinery, or elaborate tools, such as those required to drill a well. <BR> <I>Ex. an oil rig.</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>(Informal.) <DD><B> a. </B>an automobile or truck. <BR> <I>Ex. A terrified truck driver rode his runaway five-ton rig through Winsted at eighty miles an hour (New York Times).</I> <DD><B> b. </B>a carriage with its horse or horses. <BR><I>expr. <B>rig out,</B> </I>to fit out. <BR> <I>Ex. to rig out a football team with uniforms.</I> </DL>
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<B>rig</B> (2), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Scottish.) a ridge. </DL>
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<B>rig</B> (3), verb, <B>rigged,</B> <B>rigging,</B> noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to arrange in an unfair way. <BR> <I>Ex. The race was rigged. Other costs and prices are rigged and falsified (London Times).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>to arrange unfavorably. <BR> <I>Ex. The mathematical odds are rigged against the divorcee (Life).</I> <DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a prank; trick. <DD><B> 2. </B>a fraudulent scheme; swindle. </DL>
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<B>rigadoon, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a lively dance for one couple. <DD><B> 2. </B>the quick, duple rhythm for this dance. <DD><B> 3. </B>a piece of music in such time. </DL>
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<B>rigamarole, </B>noun. <B>=rigmarole.</B></DL>
<A NAME="rigatoni">
<B>rigatoni, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> macaroni in the form of short, curved tubes with grooved sides. </DL>
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<B>Rigel, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a star of the first magnitude in the left foot of Orion. </DL>
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<B>rigged, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> designed to deceive or defraud. <BR> <I>Ex. a rigged market.</I> </DL>
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<B>-rigged,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (combining form.) having a ______rig. <BR> <I>Ex. Full-rigged = having a full rig.</I> </DL>
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<B>rigger, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a person who rigs. <DD><B> 2. </B>a person who rigs ships, or works with hoisting tackle, or cable of any kind. <DD><B> 3. </B>a person who assembles airplanes or adjusts their controls. <DD><B> 4. </B>a person who manipulates something fraudulently. </DL>
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<B>rigging</B> (1), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the ropes, chains, and cables used to support and work the masts, yards, and sails on a ship. <DD><B> 2. </B>tackle; equipment. <BR> <I>Ex. Did you need all that rigging for a trip of only two days?</I> </DL>
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<B>rigging</B> (2), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Scottish.) <DD><B> 1. </B>the roof of a house. <DD><B> 2. </B>the ridge of a roof. </DL>
