English English Dictionary
English English Dictionary
The online English-English dictionary from The Project Gutenberg
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Armory
(n.)
A place where arms and instruments of war are deposited for
safe keeping.
Armory
(n.)
Armor; defensive and offensive arms.
Armory
(n.)
A manufactory of arms, as rifles, muskets, pistols,
bayonets, swords.
Armory
(n.)
Ensigns armorial; armorial bearings.
Armozeen
(n.)
Alt. of Armozine
Armozine
(n.)
A thick plain silk, generally black, and used for
clerical.
Armpit
(n.)
The hollow beneath the junction of the arm and shoulder;
the axilla.
Armrack
(n.)
A frame, generally vertical, for holding small arms.
Arms
(n.)
Instruments or weapons of offense or defense.
Arms
(n.)
The deeds or exploits of war; military service or science.
Arms
(n.)
Anything which a man takes in his hand in anger, to strike or
assault another with; an aggressive weapon.
Arms
(n.)
The ensigns armorial of a family, consisting of figures and
colors borne in shields, banners, etc., as marks of dignity and
distinction, and descending from father to son.
Arms
(n.)
The legs of a hawk from the thigh to the foot.
Armure
(n.)
A variety of twilled fabric ribbed on the surface.
Armure
(n.)
Armor.
Army
(n.)
A body of persons organized for the advancement of a cause;
as, the Blue Ribbon Army.
Army
(n.)
A great number; a vast multitude; a host.
Army
(n.)
A collection or body of men armed for war, esp. one organized
in companies, battalions, regiments, brigades, and divisions, under
proper officers.
A lepidopterous insect, which in the larval state often
travels in great multitudes from field to field, destroying grass,
grain, and other crops. The common army worm of the northern United
States is Leucania unipuncta. The name is often applied to other
related species, as the cotton worm.
The larva of a small two-winged fly (Sciara), which
marches in large companies, in regular order. See Cotton worm, under
Cotton.