On opening day of riffle here in MI a hunter got lost and was not found until 0700 the next morning. ' riffle,' or rapid, where the stream ran very fiercely, with great swirls and waves in it, and the captain sang out to the engineer, 'How much steam have you, Jack?' ❋ Morley Roberts (1899) Our plan was to cross the 200 yards of the Potomac at this point, following the upstream edge of the line of rocks forming the ' riffle' seen here. Jimmie carried the ' riffle' referred to in Cecelia Anne's text and a handful of blank cartridges. Then it became clear that here is a key to the phenomena of atmospheric circulation, from the great polar-equatorial maelstrom which manifests itself in the trade-winds to the most circumscribed riffle which is announced as a local storm.

Two strips of wood, about an inch square, called riffle-bars, were nailed across the bottom of the cradle-box, one at the middle and the other near the lower end. Underneath this colander-like portion of the long-tom is placed another trough, about ten feet long, the sides six inches, perhaps, in height, which, divided through the middle by a slender slat, is called the riffle-box. The pirogue was still quite firmly settled into the Missouri mud, though in fact it was no worse off than the steamer, grounded for the night on what the river men called a riffle, or sandbar. I will stick to the 12 gauge and bolt riffle, that is my comfort zone. The standard way to mix a deck of playing cards-the one used everywhere from casinos to rec rooms-is what is known as a riffle or 'dovetail' shuffle. Hair that grows out of the japai or bell end Urban DictionaryĪnd he would smile and say, “Your riffle is imperfect.” ❋ Skzbrust (2010) Phantom riffle is the act of seraching through some ones bag and throwing there stuff all over the room with the un suspecting victim asleep Urban Dictionary Not to be confused with a sniper rifle Urban Dictionaryīusting a load on your own face Urban Dictionary Urban DictionaryĪnother term for masturbation/wanking Urban DictionaryĪ long distance precision weapon used by snippers to assassinate enemies. Shuffling poker chips into a stack with one hand. Usually is synoymous with 'best friends.' Can also be used to distinguish a satisfactory living arrangement. How an old man pronounces rifle Urban Dictionary Riffle is a type of card shuffle which is done by separating cards into two halves and interleaving them. The act of shuffling cards the sound made while shuffling cards.

Also one of the cleats, grooves or steps in such trough.Ī quick skim through the pages of a book. nounĪ swift, shallow part of a stream causing broken water.Ī trough or sluice having cleats, grooves, or steps across the bottom for holding quicksilver and catching particles of gold when auriferous earth is washed. nounĪ fast-flowing, shallow part of a stream causing broken water. nounĪ ripple in a stream or current of water also, a place where the water ripples, as on a shallow rapid. To shuffle a pack of cards by butting the two parts of the pack into each other and then bending them so that they slip together.Ī trough or sluice having cleats, grooves, or steps across the bottom for holding quicksilver and catching particles of gold when auriferous earth is washed also, one of the cleats, grooves, or steps in such a trough.

nounĪ ripple, as upon the surface of water hence, a rapid a place in a stream where a swift current, striking upon rocks, produces a boiling motion in the water. In seal-engraving, a very small iron disk at the end of a tool, used to develop a high polish. nounĪ piece of plank placed transversely in, and fastened to the bottom of, a fish-ladder. In mining, the lining of the bottom of a sluice, made of blocks or slats of wood, or stones, arranged in such a manner that chinks are left open between them.

To flow in rough waves or become choppy, as water. To thumb through (the pages of a book, for example). To shuffle (playing cards) by holding part of a deck in each hand and raising up the edges before releasing them to fall alternately in one stack. The act or an instance of shuffling cards. In mining, the sectional stone or wood bottom lining of a sluice, arranged for trapping mineral particles, as of gold. nounĪ stretch of choppy water caused by such a shoal or sandbar a rapid. A rocky shoal or sandbar lying just below the surface of a waterway.

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