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Armed with dreaded bolts. "Dread-bolted thunder." Shak.

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  • ARM-GRET
    Great as a man's arm. A wreath of gold, arm-gret. Chaucer.
  • ARMADA
    A fleet of armed ships; a squadron. Specifically, the Spanish fleet which was sent to assail England, a. d. 1558.
  • DREADNOUGHT
    1. A British battleship, completed in 1906 -- 1907, having an armament consisting of ten 12-inch guns, and of twenty-four 12-pound quick-fire guns for protection against torpedo boats. This was the first battleship of the type characterized by
  • 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
  • ARMILLARY
    Pertaining to, or resembling, a bracelet or ring; consisting of rings or circles. Armillary sphere, an ancient astronomical machine composed of an assemblage of rings, all circles of the same sphere, designed to represent the positions
  • ARMOZEEN; ARMOZINE
    A thick plain silk, generally black, and used for clerical. Simmonds.
  • ARMORED
    Clad with armor.
  • ARMAMENTARY
    An armory; a magazine or arsenal.
  • THUNDERING
    1. Emitting thunder. Roll the thundering chariot o'er the ground. J. Trumbull. 2. Very great; -- often adverbially. -- Thun"der*ing*ly, adv.
  • ARMLET
    1. A small arm; as, an armlet of the sea. Johnson. 2. An arm ring; a bracelet for the upper arm. 3. Armor for the arm.
  • 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
  • ARMADO
    Armada.
  • ARMY
    1. A collection or body of men armed for war, esp. one organized in companies, battalions, regiments, brigades, and divisions, under proper officers. 2. A body of persons organized for the advancement of a cause; as, the Blue Ribbon Army. 3. A
  • ARMIGEROUS
    Bearing arms. They belonged to the armigerous part of the population, and were entitled to write themselves Esquire. De Quincey.
  • DREADFUL
    1. Full of dread or terror; fearful. "With dreadful heart." Chaucer. 2. Inspiring dread; impressing great fear; fearful; terrible; as, a dreadful storm. " Dreadful gloom." Milton. For all things are less dreadful than they seem. Wordsworth. 3.
  • ARMAMENT
    All the cannon and small arms collectively, with their equipments, belonging to a ship or a fortification. 3. Any equipment for resistance. (more info) 1. A body of forces equipped for war; -- used of a land or naval force. "The whole
  • ARMGAUNT
    With gaunt or slender legs. "An armgaunt steed." Shak. Note: This word is peculiar to Shakespeare. Its meaning has not yet been satisfactorily explained.
  • ARMISONANT; ARMISONOUS
    Rustling in arms; resounding with arms.
  • DREADFULNESS
    The quality of being dreadful.
  • WARMTH
    The glowing effect which arises from the use of warm colors; hence, any similar appearance or effect in a painting, or work of color. Syn. -- Zeal; ardor; fervor; fervency; heat; glow; earnestness; cordiality; animation; eagerness; excitement;
  • BABY FARMING
    The business of keeping a baby farm.
  • CARMINIC
    Of or pertaining to, or derived from, carmine. Carminic acid. Same as Carmine, 3.
  • DISARM
    1. To deprive of arms; to take away the weapons of; to deprive of the means of attack or defense; to render defenseless. Security disarms the best-appointed army. Fuller. The proud was half disarmed of pride. Tennyson. 2. To deprive of the means
  • HARMLESS
    1. Free from harm; unhurt; as, to give bond to save another harmless. 2. Free from power or disposition to harm; innocent; inoffensive. " The harmless deer." Drayton Syn. -- Innocent; innoxious; innocuous; inoffensive; unoffending; unhurt;
  • PHARMACY
    pharmacie, Gr. 1. The art or practice of preparing and preserving drugs, and of compounding and dispensing medicines according to prescriptions of physicians; the occupation of an apothecary or a pharmaceutical chemist. 2. A place where medicines
  • FIREARM
    A gun, pistol, or any weapon from a shot is discharged by the force of an explosive substance, as gunpowder.
  • DRIFTBOLT
    A bolt for driving out other bolts.
  • HARMONIZATION
    The act of harmonizing.
  • FARMERESS
    A woman who farms.
  • UNHARMONIOUS
    Inharmonious; unsymmetrical; also, unmusical; discordant. Swift. -- Un`har*mo"ni*ous*ly, adv.
  • GENDARMERY
    The body of gendarmes.
  • FARMSTEAD
    A farm with the building upon it; a homestead on a farm. Tennyson. With its pleasant groves and farmsteads. Carlyle.
  • CROSS-ARMED
    With arms crossed.
  • GARMENT
    Any article of clothing, as a coat, a gown, etc. No man putteth a piece of new cloth unto old garment. Matt. ix. 16.
  • LARMIER
    See TEARPIT

 

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