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First published 1990 (DOST Vol. VII).
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(Riffle gun,) Riffell gun. Also: rifell gunn. [? Put for riffled gun, see Rifflet ppl. adj. b. Cf. 18th c. Eng. rifle-gun (1776).] A rifle. —1685 Soc. Ant. LVIII 356.
2 Cossack riffell guns 1686 Brechin Test. VII 158.
Ane rifell gunn worth xviij lib.
