Armhole
Arm″hole′ (�), n. [Arm + hole.] 1. The cavity under the shoulder; the armpit. Bacon.2. A hole for the arm in a garment.
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Armiferous
Ar‐mif″er‐ous (�), a. [L. armifer; arma arms + ferre to bear.] Bearing arms or weapons.
Armiger
Ar″mi‐ger (�), n. [L. armiger armor bearer; arma arms + gerere to bear.] Formerly, an armor bearer, as of a knight, an esquire who bore his shield and rendered other services. I...
Armigerous
Ar‐mig″er‐ous (�), a. Bearing arms.They belonged to the armigerous part of the population, and were entitled to write themselves Esquire.De Quincey.
Armil
Ar″mil (�), n. [L. armilla a bracelet, fr. armus arm: cf. OF. armille.] 1. A bracelet.2. An ancient astronomical instrument.☞ When composed of one ring placed in the plane of th...
Armilla
‖Ar‐mil″la (�), n.; pl. E. Armillas (�), L. Armillæ (�). 1. An armil.2. (Zoöl.) A ring of hair or feathers on the legs.
Armillary
Ar″mil‐la‐ry (�), a. [LL. armillarius, fr. L. armilla arm ring, bracelet, fr. armus arm: cf. F. armillaire. See Arm, n.] Pertaining to, or resembling, a bracelet or ring; consis...
Arming
Arm″ing (�), n. 1. The act of furnishing with, or taking, arms.The arming was now universal.Macaulay.2. (Naut.) A piece of tallow placed in a cavity at the lower end of a soundi...
Arminian
Ar‐min″i‐an (?; 277), a. Of or pertaining to Arminius of his followers, or to their doctrines. See note under Arminian, n.
Arminian (2)
Ar‐min″i‐an, n.(Eccl. Hist.) One who holds the tenets of Arminius, a Dutch divine (b. 1560, d. 1609).The Arminian doctrines are: 1. Conditional election and reprobation, in oppo...
Arminianism
Ar‐min″i‐an‐ism (�), n. The religious doctrines or tenets of the Arminians.
Armipotence
Ar‐mip″o‐tence (�), n. [L. armipotentia, fr. armipotents.] Power in arms. Johnson.
Armipotent
Ar‐mip″o‐tent (�), a. [L. armipotents; arma arms + potens powerful, p. pr. of posse to be able.] Powerful in arms; mighty in battle.The temple stood of Mars armipotent.Dryden.
Armisonant
{ Ar‐mis″o‐nant (�), Ar‐mis″o‐nous (�), } a. [L. armisonus; arma arms + sonare (p. pr. sonans) to sound.] Rustling in arms; resounding with arms.
Armistice
Ar″mis‐tice (�), n. [F. armistice, fr. (an assumed word) L. armistitium; arma arms + stare, statum (combining form, -stitum), to stand still.] A cessation of arms for a short ti...
Armless
Arm″less (�), a. 1. Without any arm or branch.2. Destitute of arms or weapons.
Armlet
Arm″let (�), n. [Arm + -let.] 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.
Armoniac
Ar‐mo″ni‐ac (�), a. Ammoniac.
Armor
Ar″mor (�), n. [OE. armure, fr. F. armure, OF. armeure, fr. L. armatura. See Armature.] [Spelt also armour.] 1. Defensive arms for the body; any clothing or covering worn to pro...
Armor-bearer
Ar″mor–bear′er (�), n. One who carries the armor or arms of another; an armiger. Judg. ix. 54.
Armor-plated
Ar″mor–plat′ed (�), a. Covered with defensive plates of metal, as a ship of war; steel-clad.This day will be launched... the first armor-plated steam frigate in the possession o...
Armored
Ar″mored (�), a. Clad with armor.
Armored cruiser
Ar″mored cruis″er. (Nav.) 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 c...
Armorer
Ar″mor‐er (�), n. [OE. armurer, armerer, fr. F. armurter, fr. armure armor.] 1. One who makes or repairs armor or arms.2. Formerly, one who had care of the arms and armor of a k...
Armorial
Ar‐mo″ri‐al (�), a. [F. armorial, fr. armoiries arms, coats of arms, for armoieries, fr. OF. armoier to paint arms, coats of arms, fr. armes, fr. L. arma. See Arms, Armory.] Bel...
Armoric
{ Ar‐mor″ic (�), Ar‐mor″i‐can (�), } a. [L. Armoricus, fr. Celtic ar on, at + mor sea.] Of or pertaining to the northwestern part of France (formerly called Armorica, now Bretag...
Armorican (2)
Ar‐mor″i‐can, n. A native of Armorica.