Hypertext Webster Gateway: "pistol"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Colt pistol \Colt pistol\ (Firearms)
A self-loading or semi-automatic pistol with removable
magazine in the handle holding seven cartridges. The recoil
extracts and ejects the empty cartridge case, and reloads
ready for another shot. Called also {Browning, &
Colt-Browning}, {pistol}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Pistol \Pis"tol\, n. [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}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Pistol \Pis"tol\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pistoled}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Pistoling}.] [Cf. F. pistoler.]
To shoot with a pistol. ``To pistol a poacher.'' --Sydney
Smith.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
pistol
n : a firearm that is held and fired with one hand [syn: {handgun},
{side arm}, {shooting iron}]
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