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51gaf|fle — «GAF uhl», noun. 1. a lever for bending a crossbow. 2. an artificial spur for a gamecock. ╂[probably < Dutch gaffel] …
52ker|fuf|fle — «kuhr FUHF uhl», noun. British Slang. squabble; scuffle: »The…partners, what with all the kerfuffle, thought the best thing was to withdraw (Observer) …
53pif|fle — «PIHF uhl», noun, verb, fled, fling. Informal. –n. silly talk or behavior; nonsense. –v.i. to talk or act in a weakly foolish, trifling, or ineffective manner: »They piddled and piffled with iron. I d given my orders for steel! (Rudyard Kipling) …
54pur|fle — «PUR fuhl», verb, fled, fling, noun. –v.t. to finish with an ornamental border: »a robe purfled with embroidery, a violin purfled with inlaid work. –n. an ornamental border. ╂[< Old French pourfiler < pour (< Latin prō , or per ) + fil… …
55raf|fle|si|a|ceous — «ra FLEE zee AY shuhs», adjective. of or belonging to the family of plants typified by the rafflesia …
56raf|fle|sia — «ra FLEE zhuh», noun. any one of a group of parasitic Malaysian plants without stems or leaves, and with a single large flower, sometimes 3 feet in diameter. ╂[< New Latin Rafflesia the genus name < T. Stamford Raffles, 1781 1826, a British …
57ri|fle|bird — «RY fuhl BURD», noun. any one of various birds of paradise …
58ri|fle|man — «RY fuhl muhn», noun, plural men. 1. a soldier armed with a rifle. 2. a man who uses a rifle: »The supply of fresh meat depends mainly on the skill of the riflemen (Theodore Roosevelt) …
59ri|fle|ry — «RY fuhl ree», noun, plural ries. 1. shooting with a rifle, especially in target practice: »Montana s Lones Wigger, Jr. won two medals in riflery at Tokyo (Time). 2. firing from rifles: »Once before Shakespeare s cliff reverberated with the roar… …
60scruf|fle — «SKRUHF uhl», intransitive verb, transitive verb, fled, fling, noun. British Dialect. scuffle …
