Word Meanings - ARMURE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. Armor. Chaucer. 2. A variety of twilled fabric ribbed on the surface.

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• SURFACE LOADING
  The weight supported per square unit of surface; the quotient obtained by dividing the gross weight, in pounds, of a fully loaded flying machine, by the total area, in square feet, of its supporting surface.
• ARMORY
  fr. L. armarium place for keeping arms; but confused with F. 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
• VARIETY SHOW
  A stage entertainment of successive separate performances, usually songs, dances, acrobatic feats, dramatic sketches, exhibitions of trained animals, or any specialties. Often loosely called vaudeville show.
• ARMORED
  Clad with armor.
• ARMORED CRUISER
  A man-of-war carrying a large coal supply, and more or less protected from the enemy's shot by iron or steel armor. There is no distinct and accepted classification distinguishing armored and protected cruisers from each other, except that the first
• TWILL
  To weave, as cloth, so as to produce the appearance of diagonal lines or ribs on the surface. (more info) two; akin to AS. twi-, E. twi- in twilight. See Twice, and cf. Tweed,
• FABRICATE
  1. To form into a whole by uniting its parts; to frame; to construct; to build; as, to fabricate a bridge or ship. 2. To form by art and labor; to manufacture; to produce; as, to fabricate woolens. 3. To invent and form; to forge; to
• TWILLY
  A machine for cleansing or loosening wool by the action of a revolving cylinder covered with long iron spikes or teeth; a willy or willying machine; -- called also twilly devil, and devil. See Devil, n., 6, and Willy. Tomlinson.
• FABRICATOR
  One who fabricates; one who constructs or makes. The fabricator of the works of Ossian. Mason.
• RIBBON
  See PL (more info) 1. A fillet or narrow woven fabric, commonly of silk, used for trimming some part of a woman's attire, for badges, and other decorative purposes. 2. A narrow strip or shred; as, a steel or
• SURFACE TENSION
  That property, due to molecular forces, which exists in the surface film of all liquids and tends to bring the contained volume into a form having the least superficial area. The thickness of this film, amounting to less than a thousandth
• ARMOR-BEARER
  One who carries the armor or arms of another; an armiger. Judg. ix. 54.
• FABRIC
  1. The structure of anything; the manner in which the parts of a thing are united; workmanship; texture; make; as cloth of a beautiful fabric. 2. That which is fabricated; as : Framework; structure; edifice; building. Anon out of the earth a fabric
• ARMORIAL
  Belonging to armor, or to the heraldic arms or escutcheon of a family. Figures with armorial signs of race and birth. Wordsworth. Armorial bearings. See Arms, 4. (more info) arms, for armoieries, fr. OF. armoier to paint arms, coats of arms,
• FABRICANT
  One who fabricates; a manufacturer. Simmonds.
• RIBBONISM
  The principles and practices of the Ribbonmen. See Ribbon Society, under Ribbon.
• RIBBONWOOD
  A malvaceous tree of New Zealand, the bark of which is used for cordage.
• ARMORER
  1. One who makes or repairs armor or arms. 2. Formerly, one who had care of the arms and armor of a knight, and who dressed him in armor. Shak. 3. One who has the care of arms and armor, cleans or repairs them, etc.
• RIBBONMAN
  A member of the Ribbon Society. See Ribbon Society, under Ribbon.
• ARMORICAN
  A native of Armorica.
• DRIBBLET; DRIBLET
  A small piece or part; a small sum; a small quantity of money in making up a sum; as, the money was paid in dribblets. When made up in dribblets, as they could, their best securities were at an interest of twelve per cent. Burke.
• CRIBBER; CRIB-BITER
  A horse that has the habit of cribbing.
• FRIBBLE
  Frivolous; trifling; sily.
• INFABRICATED
  Not fabricated; unwrought; not artificial; natural.
• CARIBBEAN; CARIBBEE
  Of or pertaining to the Caribs, to their islands (the eastern and southern West Indies), or to the sea lying between those islands and Central America.
• SCRIBBLE
  To card coarsely; to run through the scribling machine.
• CRIBBING
  A framework of timbers and plank backing for a shaft lining, to prevent caving, percolation of water, etc. 4. A vicious habit of a horse; crib-biting. The horse lays hold of the crib or manger with his teeth and draws air into the stomach with a
• MARMORACEOUS
  Pertaining to, or like, marble.
• GRIBBLE
  A small marine isopod crustacean (Limnoria lignorum or L. terebrans), which burrows into and rapidly destroys submerged timber, such as the piles of wharves, both in Europe and America.
• DOUBLE-SURFACED
  Having two surfaces; -- said specif. of aëroplane wings or aërocurves which are covered on both sides with fabric, etc., thus completely inclosing their frames.
• QUINTUPLE-NERVED; QUINTUPLE-RIBBED
  The same as Quinquenerved.
• TOP-ARMOR
  A top railing supported by stanchions and equipped with netting.