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Webster 1913 Edition

Pistol

Pis′tol

,
Noun.
[F.
pistole
,
pistolet
, It.
pistola
; prob. from a form
Pistola
, for
Pistoja
, a town in Italy where pistols were first made. Cf.
Pistole
.]
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

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Pistoled
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Pistoling
.]
[Cf. F.
pistoler
.]
To shoot with a pistol.
“To pistol a poacher.”
Sydney Smith.

Webster 1828 Edition

Pistol

PIS'TOL

,
Noun.
A small fire-arm, or the smallest fire-arm used, differing from a musket chiefly in size. Pistols are of different lengths, and borne by horsemen in cases at the saddle bow, or by a girdle. Small pistols are carried in the pocket.

PIS'TOL

,
Verb.
T.
To shoot with a pistol.

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