PISTOLED

Verb

pistoled

simple past tense and past participle of pistol

Anagrams

• postiled

Source: Wiktionary


PISTOL

Pis"tol, n. Etym: [F. pistole, pistolet, It. pistola; prob. from a form Pistola, for Pistoja, a town in Italy where pistols were first made. Cf. Pistole.]

Definition: 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. Pistol carbine, a firearm with a removable but- piece, and thus capable of being used either as a pistol or a carbine.

– Pistol pipe (Metal.), a pipe in which the blast for a furnace is heated, resembling a pistol in form.

– Pistol shot. (a) The discharge of a pistol. (b) The distance to which a pistol can propel a ball.

Pis"tol, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pistoled; p. pr. & vb. n. Pistoling.] Etym: [Cf. F. pistoler.]

Definition: To shoot with a pistol. "To pistol a poacher." Sydney Smith.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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