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Armed scythes, as a chariot. Chariots scythed, On thundering axles rolled. Glover.

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  • ARM-GRET
    Great as a man's arm. A wreath of gold, arm-gret. Chaucer.
  • SCYTHEMAN
    One who uses a scythe; a mower. Macaulay.
  • ARMADA
    A fleet of armed ships; a squadron. Specifically, the Spanish fleet which was sent to assail England, a. d. 1558.
  • ROLLEY
    A small wagon used for the underground work of a mine. Tomlison.
  • ROLLABLE
    Capable of being rolled.
  • 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
  • ROLLING-PIN
    A cylindrical piece of wood or other material, with which paste or dough may be rolled out and reduced to a proper thickness.
  • 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
  • ROLL
    To apply to another without slipping; to bring all the parts of into successive contact with another, in suck manner that at every instant the parts that have been in contact are equal. 10. To turn over in one's mind; to revolve. Full oft in
  • 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.
  • CHARIOTEE
    A light, covered, four-wheeled pleasure carriage with two seats.
  • 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.
  • 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
  • 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.
  • TROLLEY; TROLLY
    A form of truck which can be tilted, for carrying railroad materials, or the like. A narrow cart that is pushed by hand or drawn by an animal. A truck from which the load is suspended in some kinds of cranes. A truck which travels along the fixed
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • CONTROLLABLENESS
    Capability of being controlled.
  • 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.

 

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