1) Arm 2) Blusterer 3) Derringer 4) Firearm 5) Gat 6) Gun 7) Handgun 8) Revolver 9) Roscoe 10) Sidearm
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1) Beretta product 2) British slang for the penis 3) Derringer 4) Duel item 5) Duel weapon 6) Firearm 7) Firing range weapon 8) Firing-range weapon 9) French word used in English 10) Hamilton prop 11) Hand-held firearm 12) Handgun 13) High-energy person 14) Holster contents 15) Hot item 16) It may be drawn
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When distinguished as a subset of handguns, a pistol is a handgun with a chamber that is integral with the barrel, such as a pepperbox revolver—as opposed to a standard (single-barrel) revolver, wherein the chamber is separate from the barrel as a revolving cylinder. ==History== The pistol originates in the 16th century, when early handguns were...
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• (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.
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(from the article `Merry Wives of Windsor, The`) ...role from that of the Henry IV plays. Along with him, Shakespeare also imports some other characters who appear in the Henry IV plays, such as ...
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small firearm designed for one-hand use. According to one theory, pistols owe their name to the city of Pistoia, Italy, where handguns were made as ... [3 related articles]
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The smallest firearm used, intended to be fired from one hand, now of many patterns, and bearing a great variety of names. Pistol carbine, a firearm with a removable but-piece, and thus capable of being used either as a pistol or a carbine. ... <chemistry> Pistol pipe, a pipe in which the blast for a furnace is heated, resembling a pistol in ...
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Small, hand-held firearm, introduced in the 16thC.
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Pis'tol noun [ French
pistole ,
pistolet , Italian
pistola ; probably from a form
Pistola , for
Pistoja , a town in Italy where pistols were first made. Confer
Pistole .] The smallest firearm used, intended to be fired from one hand, -- now of many patterns, a...
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Pis'tol transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Pistoled ;
present participle & verbal noun Pistoling .] [ Confer French
pistoler .] To shoot with a pistol. 'To
pistol a poacher.'
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A short-barreled firearm, often concealable, normally held and discharged in one hand. In today's vernacular, especially a semi-automatic, repeating handgun---as opposed to a revolver. But, the term can actually mean any one-hand-held firearm: matchlock, flintlock, percussion or the latest technology from Heckler&Koch.
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Pistol is a follower of Falstaff in King Henry IV part II.
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The term pistol generally differentiates a semi-automatic or automatic (more often called a machine pistol) handgun which takes a magazine from a revolver, which is a firearm with a revolving cylinder, rather than a magazine.
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Pistol is British slang for the penis.
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[
n] - a firearm that is held and fired with one hand
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handgun noun a firearm that is held and fired with one hand
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Any small firearm designed to be fired with one hand. Pistols were in use from the early 15th century. The problem of firing more than once without reloading was tackled by using many combinations of multiple barrels, both stationary and revolving. A breech-loading, multichambered revolver from 1650 still survives; the first practical solut...
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