Part 636

<blockquote>A distemper eminently <b>armed</b> from heaven. <i>De Foe.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Her.)</fld> <def>Having horns, beak, talons, etc; -- said of beasts and birds of prey.</def>

<cs><col>Armed at all points</col> <fld>(Blazoning)</fld>, <cd>completely incased in armor, sometimes described as <altname>armed cap-\'85-pie</altname>.</cd> <i>Cussans</i>. -- <col>Armed en flute</col>. <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <cd>See under <er>Flute</er>.</cd> -- <col>Armed magnet</col>, <cd>a magnet provided with an armature.</cd> -- <col>Armed neutrality</col>. <cd>See under <er>Neutrality</er>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Armenian</h1> <Xpage=82>

<hw>Ar*me"ni*an</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>Arm\'82nien</ets>, L. <ets>Armenias</ets>, fr. <ets>Armenia</ets>.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to Armenia.</def>

<cs><col>Armenian bole</col>, <cd>a soft clayey earth of a bright red color found in Armenia, Tuscany, etc.</cd> -- <col>Armenian stone</col>. <cd><sd>(a)</sd> The commercial name of lapis lazuli. <sd>(b)</sd> Emery.</cd></cs>

<h1>Armenian</h1> <Xpage=82>

<hw>Ar*me"ni*an</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A native or one of the people of Armenia; also, the language of the Armenians.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Eccl. Hist.)</fld> <def>An adherent of the Armenian Church, an organization similar in some doctrines and practices to the Greek Church, in others to the Roman Catholic.</def>

<h1>Armet</h1> <Xpage=82>

<hw>Arm"et</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F., dim. of <ets>arme</ets> arm, or corrupted for <ets>healmet</ets> helmet.]</ety> <def>A kind of helmet worn in the 14th, 15th, and 16th centuries.</def>

<h1>Armful</h1> <Xpage=82>

<hw>Arm"ful</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Armfulus</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <def>As much as the arm can hold.</def>

<h1>Armgaunt</h1> <Xpage=82>

<hw>Arm"gaunt`</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>With gaunt or slender legs. (?)</def> "An <i>armgaunt</i> steed."

<i>Shak.</i>

<note>&hand; This word is peculiar to Shakespeare. Its meaning has not yet been satisfactorily explained.</note>

<h1>Arm-gret</h1> <Xpage=82>

<hw>Arm"-gret`</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Great as a man's arm.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>A wreath of gold, <b>arm</b>-<b>gret</b>. <i>Chaucer.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Armhole</h1> <Xpage=82>

<hw>Arm"hole`</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Arm</ets> + <ets>hole</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The cavity under the shoulder; the armpit.</def>

<i>Bacon.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A hole for the arm in a garment.</def>

<h1>Armiferous</h1> <Xpage=82>

<hw>Ar*mif"er*ous</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>armifer</ets>; <ets>arma</ets> arms + <ets>ferre</ets> to bear.]</ety> <def>Bearing arms or weapons.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Armiger</h1> <Xpage=82>

<hw>Ar"mi*ger</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>armiger</ets> armor bearer; <ets>arma</ets> arms + <ets>gerere</ets> to bear.]</ety> <def>Formerly, an armor bearer, as of a knight, an esquire who bore his shield and rendered other services. In later use, one next in degree to a knight, and entitled to armorial bearings. The term is now superseded by <i>esquire</i>.</def>