armorer 
and sees that they arc kept in n condition flt for service. In 
the British unny an armorer is attached to each troop of 
cavalry ainl to each company of infantry, to clean tin- ai :n-. 
armor-grating (ar'mor-gra*tiug), . In many 
war-ships, especially in ironclads, one of sev- 
eral deep iron gratings which are fitted around 
the bottom of the funnel and across its throat, 
to protect the boilers and uptakes from shot 
and shell during an engagement. 
armorial (ar-mo'ri-al), n. and n. [=F. uniio- 
rial; < armory'' 1 + -/.] I. a. Belonging to her- 
aldry, or to heraldic bearings. 
Armorial signs of race ami liirtli. Wordxicorth. 
Attendant on a Kinu at -aniis, 
Whose liand the armorial truncheon held. 
Knitt, Marniion, iv. 6. 
Armorial bearings, .tee army, ". 
lie was surrounded liy his courtiers, with their stately 
retinues, glittering in gorgeous panoply, ami |iruii<lly dis- 
playing the armorial ln^u-nt'i.* ul their ancient houses. 
r,;-*;,tt. Kcr.i. and Isa., i. 15. 
II. H. A book containing heraldic bearings 
and devices ; a dictionary of the arms rightly 
borne by the persons named in it. 
Armoric (iir-mor'ik), n. and n. [< L. Armorii-ii: 
pi., later Armorica, sing., said to be < Celtic ttr 
(W. ttr = Ir. r = Gael, air), on, upon, + mor 
(W. mor = Ir. and Gael, mitir), the sea, = L. 
marc, sea, = E. mere, lake : see mere 1 .] I. a. 
Pertaining to ancient Armorica, the region in 
the western extremity of France now called 
Bretagne or Brittany. See Breton. 
II. H. The language of the inhabitants of 
lower Brittany, one of the Celtic dialects which 
have remained to the present time, it Is a mem- 
bjr of the Cymric group, of which the closely allied Welsh 
is the only other living inemher. 
Armorican (ar-mor'i-kan), a. and n. I. a. 
Same as Armoric. 
II. . A native of Armorica or Brittany. 
armoried (iir'mor-id), . [< armory 2 + -ed 2 .] 
Decked with armorial bearings. 
armorist (ar'mor-ist), n. [<F. armoriste, < ar- 
moiries, coat of arms: see armory 2 and -ist.] 
One skilled in armory or heraldic arms. 
armor-plate (ar'mor-plat), . A metallic plate, 
usually of iron or steel, intended to be attached 
to the side of a ship or the outer wall of a fort, 
with the view of rendering it shot-proof. A pro- 
tection of iron for ships was proposed in the early part of 
the present century, hut the tirst practical application of 
It was prohahly to the French floating batteries used in 
the Crimean war. The success of these led the French to 
construct " La Gloire," the first of the so-called ironclads, 
completed in 1861. This vessel, which had 4-inch wrought- 
Iron plates over a backing of about 3 feet in thickness, 
was speedily followed in 1861 by the " Warrior " and other 
ships of the same class built by the British government, 
with t '. inch plates over 18 inches of teak backing. The 
thickness of the armor has been increased as more power- 
ful ordnance has been contrived, the plates of the Belle- 
rophon " of the British navy ranging from 16 to 24 inches. 
The armor-plate of the United States monitors varies 
from 5 to 10 inches, and the bucking from 28 to 48 inches. 
See ironclad. Armor-plate cradle, a device used for 
bending armor-plate. It is placed near the furnace, and 
the plate is laid within it while hot. The bed is formed 
by numerous cross-bars of iron, so placed that their upper 
edges correspond to the curve desired in the finished 
plate. Bars are similarly placed above the plate and the 
bending is effected by driving wedges between the upper 
bars and the upper surface of the plate, which is thus 
forced down upon the bed-bars. Compound steel- 
faced armor-plate, armor-plate made of iron faced with 
steel. It is made up to 24 inches in thickness, and the 
largest plates weigh about 50 tons. The steel face is 
ordinarily about one third of the thickness of the whole 
plate. The two metals are welded together by heavy 
rolls, through which they are passed while hot, and thus 
make a solid plate, 
armor-plated (ar'mor-pla'ted), a. Covered or 
protected by iron plates, as a vessel for naval 
warfare; iron-clad. 
armor-shelf (ar'mor-shelf), n. An iron shelf 
or ledge projecting ifrom the sides of an armored 
war-vessel, and forming a support upon which 
the armor-plate and armor-backing rest. 
armory 1 (iir'mqr-i), n. ; pi. armories (-iz). [In 
England usually spelled armoury ; early mod. 
E. armory, armoury, armtry, sometimes armary, 
< ME. armorye, armerie, armurie, < armiire, ar- 
mor (see armor and -y), but practically equiv. 
to and later often written as if arm + -ery, a 
place for arms, arms collectively: see arm 2 and 
-ery. Cf. OF. arineurerie, armoirie, mod. F. 
armurerie, an armory, arsenal. The word has 
been confused to some extent with armory 2 .] 
1. Arms or armor collectively; a collection of 
arms or armor. 
Blue-eyed maid, thy spear ; 
Thy club, Alcides : all the armoury 
Of heaven is too little t B. Jotison, Sejanus, iv. 5. 
Celestial armoury, shields, helms, and spears. 
Milton, P. L., iv. 650. 
What a range of abstract thought, what an armory of 
dialectic weapons, ... do the epistles of the learned Paul 
exhibit ! Q. P. Marsh, Lects. on Eng. Lang., p. 227. 
816 
2. A place where arms and instruments of 
war are kept. In the I'nited states the state militia 
arc usually provided with armories, which include also of- 
liccs, ill ill I'm. ins. etc. 
3. A place where arms and armor are made ; 
an armorer's shop; an arsenal. [U. S.] 4. 
The craft of an armorer. 
armory" (ar'mor-i), .', pi. nrmorii-K (-iz). [In 
England usually npelledcioci/ ; early mod. E. 
iiriiini-ii, iii'moiiry, iirnn ///,< late' MK. ariinn'i/i , 
armiiirii; < ( )!'. iirniiiirii , iirmnii ri< , in pi. ur- 
moirit:*, arms, cognizances, scutcheons, < ur- 
iiioin-, iirniinjiT. iiriiiiiiror, iirnmiri /, one who 
blazons arms, < nnnniir, nfmni/ii- (mod. F. ar- 
moricr = It. armcijaiare), blazon arms, < aniu-s, 
arms : see arm 2 . Vf. armory 1 .] 1. The science 
of blazoning arms ; the knowledge of coat- 
armor; heraldry. 2. An armorial ensign; a 
crest or heraldic emblem ; arms. 
Henry VII. united, by the marriage of Elizabeth of 
York, the white rose ami the red, the in-nnirifg of two 
very powerful families. 
Sir //. tt'otton, Panegyric of Charles I. 
3f. Ensigns of war; colors. 
annory ;! t, n. [After armory 1 and F. armoire 
(see armoire), ult. < L. aruniriuni, whence indi- 
rectly iiiiihri/ and directly armary: see inii/iri/ 
and armttry, and cf. armory!.] A cupboard; 
an ambry. 
armosiet, A variant of armo;cen. 
armour, armoured, etc. See armor, etc. 
armozeen, armozine (ar-mo-zen'), n. [Early 
mod. E. also arma&ne, armcsine, < OF. arme- 
sin, F. armoisin = It. ermesino, < ML. ermeni- 
nun; origin unknown.] A kind of taffeta or 
plain silk, used for women's and also for men's 
wear in the eighteenth century and earlier. 
armpit (arm'pit), . [< ME. armepytt ; < arm 1 
+ jrift.] The hollow place or cavity urider the 
shoulder ; the axilla. 
arm-rack (arm'rak), n. A frame or fitting for 
the stowage of arms. 
arm-rest (arm'rest), n. Something designed 
as a rest for the arm ; specifically, that portion 
of a choir-stall which is designed to support the 
arms of the occupant when he is in either a 
leaning or a standing posture ; also, the carved 
end of a bench, as in a church-pew. 
arm-saw (arm'sa), n. Same as hand-saw. See 
saw. 
arm-scye (ann'sl), n. Same as seye. 
arm's-endt (armz'end), n. The end of the arm; 
a good distance off. Dry den. 
arm's-length (iirmz' length), . A space equal 
to the length of the arm To keep at arm's- 
length, figuratively, to keep off or at a distance ; not to 
allow to come into close contact or familiarity. To work 
at arm'8-lengtu, to work disadvantageously or awk- 
wardly. 
arm-sling (iirm'sling), n. A sling of linen or 
other fabric for supporting the forearm when 
fractured or otherwise injured. 
arm-span (iirm'span), n. The span or reach of 
one's arm ; an arm's-length. 
Not too wide for the armspan of the siiverer. 
Workshop Receipts, I. 313. 
arm's-reach (annz'rech), n. The reach of the 
arm ; the distance to which the arm can reach : 
as, to be within arm's-reach. 
armstrong (arm'strong), . [< arm 1 + strong.] 
A local English name of the common knot- 
grass, Polygonum avieulare. 
Armstrong gun. See gun. 
arm-sweep (arm'swep), . The length of reach 
or sweep of an arm. Browning. [Poetical.] 
armulett (ar'mu-let), n. A form of armillet or 
of armlet. [Rare.] 
armure (iir'mur), n. If. The regular Middle 
English form of armor. Chaucer. 2. Awoolen 
or silk fabric woven with a surface-ridge form- 
ing a small pattern, as a diamond, etc. 
army 1 (ar'mi), a. i<arm l ,n., + -y 1 .] Consist- 
ing of or abounding in arms or branches; 
branching; spreading. [Rare.] 
Though large the forest's monarch throws 
His army shade. Burns. 
army 2 (ar'mi), n. ; pi. armies (-miz). [Early 
mod. E. also armie, < ME. armye, armeye, 
armee, < OF. armee, mod. F. armee = Sp. Pg. 
armada = It. annata, < ML. armata, an armed 
force, army, prop. fern, of L. armatus, pp. of 
armarc, arm, < anna, arms: see arm 2 , and cf. 
armada, armata, doublets of army.] If. An 
armed expedition. 
In the Grete See 
At many a noble armee hadde he be. 
Chaucer, Gen. Prol. to C. T., 59. 
2. A large body of men trained and armed for 
war, and organized in companies, battalions, 
nrnee 
regiments, brigades, or similar divisions, under 
proper othVers. In general, :in ami) in modern time 
, .| l.1 I IM 'My <(.'(' t, I III I- 1 I lit/, lit'" n 'I " ' II <: , 
I't. V/H nili n't i ir </"/"'. ann\ < jt "''.*' fn:-l imi, ann\ ol 
,,/*>, ,-<W/M,/ (] a] in) ul I/;/W.*"IM. army of >n-,'ti s :nt,:,,, . army of 
,vx(/'v. etc. I'lic lurco employed in the laiyc war-fleet* 
of former times were called unrnl iimiirx. 
The essential characteristics of an nrmif, by which it U 
li-riii-ni-hcd from other assemblages of armed men, are 
its national < haracti T that is, it- ] vpi VM ntin^ more or 
less the will aixl the power of the nation or IN nih t- 
and its oryani/ation. Ktuyc. Ilrit., II. 559. 
3. A great number ; a vast multitude. 
The locust, . . . tin- caiikcrworin, and the caterpillar, 
and the palmerwoi'm, my great annii which 1 sent ainon^ 
von. .In' 1 ii. '25. 
The noble army of martyrs. BookofComm"n /'/"'/'*. 
Army Acts, a series of English statutes passed each year 
toprovidefor the army. Army Regulations, the title m 
a work issued by the tinted State* ^ovenimciil, containing 
the acts cif Congress and the rules of the commander in- 
chief for the management "f the army both in peace and 
in war. Grand Army of the Republic. See republic. 
Salvation Army. See ///u.- standing army, 
a permanently organized military force kept up by a 
country. 
army-cloth (iir'mi-kl6th), H. Cloth from which 
soldiers' uniforms are made. 
army-corps (iir'mi-kor), . [< army 2 4- corps ; 
a translation of F. corps <f armee.) A corps 
which is made up of several divisions, and em- 
braces every arm of the service, thus forming 
an army complete in itself, and placed under 
the command of a general officer of higher rank 
than a divisional officer. In the British army 
three divisions make an army-corps. Some- 
times abbreviated A. C. See division. 
army-list (ar'mi-list), . 1. An English pub- 
lication (as title, Army List), issued periodi- 
cally, containing a list of the officers in the 
army, the stations of regiments, etc. In the 
United States there is a similar list, called the 
Army Register. 2. Figuratively, the officers 
whose names are recorded in the list. 
They ride and walk with half the army-list , . . . and yet 
the Miss O'Cradys are Miss O'Gradys still. 
Thackeray, Vanity Fair, xliii. 
army-worm (ar'mi-werm), n. A name given 
to the larva of Lettcania unipuneta (Harris) on 
account of the immense numbers in which it 
Army-worm (Lfucania unifuncfa}, about natural size. 
a, male moth; t", abdomen of female; f, eye; d, pupa; e, cater- 
pillar. 
sometimes marches over a country, completely 
stripping it of all the grasses and young grain 
in its way. It undergoes transformation in the ground. 
The parent moth has a conspicuous white dot on the disk 
of the front wings. 
am (arn), n. [Sc., perhaps a reduction of 
allern, aldern, of aider ; or else of Gael, fearn, 
alder, = Ir. fearn, alder, = W. gwern, alder- 
trees.] The alder, Alnus glutinosa. 
arna (ar'na). n. [Hind, arnd, fern, ami.] A 
name of tne wild Indian buffalo, Bos bubalns 
or Hii/miiix ami, notable for its size and the 
length of its horns. Also arnee, ami. 
arnatto (ar-nat'o), n. Same as arnotto. 
Arnaut (ar-nouf), . [Also as F., Arnaottt = 
Or. Arnaut = Serv. Arnaut. Arnautin, Bulg. Ar- 
nautin, < Turk. Arnaut, < NGr. 'Apwz^/nyf, trans- 
posed from 'AppaviTTK for "'AMavirr/f, < ML. 
Albanus, an Albanian, + -trr/f, E. -ite 2 .] A na- 
tive of Albania ; an Albanian. 
arnee, ami (ar'ne), . Same as arna. 
