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Webster 1913 Edition
Armory
Ar′mo-ry
,Noun.
pl.
Armories
. 1.
A place where arms and instruments of war are deposited for safe keeping.
2.
Armor; defensive and offensive arms.
Celestial
armory
, shields, helms, and spears. Milton.
3.
A manufactory of arms, as rifles, muskets, pistols, bayonets, swords.
[U.S.]
4.
Ensigns armorial; armorial bearings.
Spenser.
5.
That branch of heraldry which treats of coat armor.
The science of heraldry, or, more justly speaking,
armory
, which is but one branch of heraldry, is, without doubt, of very ancient origin. Cussans.
Webster 1828 Edition
Armory
'ARMORY
, n.1.
A place where arms, and instruments of war are deposited for safe keeping.2.
Armor; defensive arms.3.
Ensigns armorial.4.
The knowledge of coat-armor; skill in heraldry.