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A sporting rifle for use at short ranges, employing a large charge of powder and a light (short) bullet, giving a high initial velocity and consequently a flat trajectory. It is usually of moderately large caliber.

• Sportsmanship
  The practice of sportsmen; skill in field sports.
• LIGHTFOOTLIGHTFOOTED
  Having a light, springy step; nimble in running or dancing; active; as, light-foot Iris. Tennyson.
• Lighted
  of Light
• SHORTJOINTED
  Having short intervals between the joints; -- said of a plant or an animal, especially of a horse whose pastern is too short.
• Lightful
  Full of light; bright.
• Lightroom
  A small room from which the magazine of a naval vessel is lighted, being separated from the magazine by heavy glass windows.
• Rifled
  of Rifle
• Shortened /
  of Shorten
• Short-winded
  Affected with shortness of breath; having a quick, difficult respiration, as dyspnoic and asthmatic persons.
• Chargeless
  Free from, or with little, charge.
• Sportulae
  of Sportula
• LIGHTHANDED
  Not having a full complement of men; as, a vessel light-handed.
• Lighting
  of Light
• SHORTLIVED
  Not living or lasting long; being of short continuance; as, a short-lived race of beings; short-lived pleasure; short-lived passion.
• Light-handed
  Not having a full complement of men; as, a vessel light-handed.
• Lights
  The lungs of an animal or bird; -- sometimes coarsely applied to the lungs of a human being.
• Shortening
  of Shorten

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