Pistol
['pɪst(ə)l] or ['pɪstl]
Definition
(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.
(v. t.) To shoot with a pistol.
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Definition
n. a small hand-gun held in one hand when fired.—v.t. to shoot with a pistol.—ns. Pistoleer′ one armed with a pistol; Pis′tolet a little pistol; Pis′tol-shot.
Typist: Serena
Unserious Contents or Definition
Seeing a pistol in your dream, denotes bad fortune, generally. If you own one, you will cultivate a low, designing character. If you hear the report of one, you will be made aware of some scheme to ruin your interests. To dream of shooting off your pistol, signifies that you will bear some innocent person envy, and you will go far to revenge the imagined wrong.
Checker: Sinclair
Examples
- There was a cry and a rush to rescue, but the right hand which all this while had lain hidden in Moore's breast, reappearing, held out a pistol. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Lieutenant Berrendo's pistol shot did not carry that far. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- The pistol roared in the snowy woods. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- I found the wadding of the pistol with which the deceased Mr. Tulkinghorn was shot. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Pablo pulled and let go as the man had told him and the block snapped forward into place and the pistol was cocked with the hammer back. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- My finger was on the trigger of this pistol. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- If I had presented a pistol at his head, this abandoned wretch could hardly have exhibited greater consternation. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- One night he built a fire in the grate and started to throw pistol cartridges into the flames. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Who has a big pistol? Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- I opened up my holster, took the pistol, aimed at the one who had talked the most, and fired. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- As to you, Carruthers, you would have done better to keep your pistol in your pocket. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- The housebreaker freed one arm, and grasped his pistol. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- I put my pistol to the head of the wagon-driver, who was this very man McCarthy. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- Madame's resolute right hand was occupied with an axe, in place of the usual softer implements, and in her girdle were a pistol and a cruel knife. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- The report of the pistol brought a crowd into the room. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- With a significant grin Malone produced his pistols, offering one to each of his brethren. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- The next thing he demanded was one of the hollow iron pillars; by which he meant my pocket pistols. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- Where are the pistols? Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- I _do_ run a risk, but-- he threw open his overcoat, and showed two pistols and a bowie-knife. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- I have pistols, and can use them. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- I'll take my pistols-- Do, said Cassy; sleep in that room. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- But you must give me a brace of pistols. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Whoever comes here has to walk single file between those two rocks, in fair range of your pistols, boys, d'ye see? Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- You will find these better than your own,' said the opposite second, producing his pistols. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- The women brought out several pistols. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- His pockets are searched, and his sword and pistols taken from him. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- I have plenty of guns and pistols of the most modern construction, and many of my Greeks are good shots too. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- I borrowed the ponderous pistols and snapped them. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Now, Jim, said George, look that your pistols are all right, and watch that pass with me. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- I missed my pistols the other day. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
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