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Webster 1913 Edition


Armed

Armed

,
Adj.
1.
Furnished with weapons of offense or defense; furnished with the means of security or protection.
“And armed host.”
Dryden.
2.
Furnished with whatever serves to add strength, force, or efficiency.
A distemper eminently
armed
from heaven.
De Foe.
3.
(Her.)
Having horns, beak, talons, etc; – said of beasts and birds of prey.
Armed at all points
(Blazoning)
,
completely incased in armor, sometimes described as
armed cap-à-pie
.
Cussans.
–
Armed en flute
.
(Naut.)
See under
Flute
.
–
Armed magnet
,
a magnet provided with an armature.
–
Armed neutrality
.
See under
Neutrality
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Armed

'ARMED

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pp.
1.
Furnished with weapons of offense or defense; furnished with the means of security; fortified, in a moral sense.
2.
In heraldry, armed is when the beaks, talons, horns, or teeth of beasts and birds of prey are of a different color from the rest of the body.
3.
Capped and cased as the load stone; that is set in iron.
An armed ship is one which is taken into the service of government for a particular occasion, and armed like a ship of war.