. (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 pistol, Colt-Browning pistol, automatic pistol and automatic. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC ]

a. Epistolary. Dr. H. More. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. epistolaris, fr. epistola: cf. F. épistolaire. ] 1. Pertaining to epistles or letters; suitable to letters and correspondence; as, an epistolary style. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Contained in letters; carried on by letters. “Epistolary correspondence.” Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who writes epistles; a correspondent. Mary Cowden Clarke. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Eccl.) One of the clergy who reads the epistle at the communion service; an epistler. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A little epistle. Lamb.

{ } a. [ L. epistolicus, Gr. &unr_;. ] Pertaining to letters or epistles; in the form or style of letters; epistolary. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To write epistles. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A writer of epistles. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_;: cf. F. épistolographique. ] Pertaining to the writing of letters; used in writing letters; epistolary. [ 1913 Webster ]

Epistolographic character of writing or
Epistolographic mode of writing, the same as Demotic character. See under Demotic. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; epistle + -graphy: cf. F. épistolographie. ] The art or practice of writing epistles.

n. A fully automatic pistol; a small submachine gun. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. ] A pistol shot. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F., probably a name given in jest in France to a Spanish coin. Cf. Pistol. ] The name of certain gold coins of various values formerly coined in some countries of Europe. In Spain it was equivalent to a quarter doubloon, or about $3.90, and in Germany and Italy nearly the same. There was an old Italian pistole worth about $5.40. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. pistolier. ] One who uses a pistol. [ R. ] Carlyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F., a dim. of pistole. ] A small pistol. Donne. Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ]

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