n. [ L. armamenta, pl., utensils, esp. the tackle of a ship, fr. armare to arm: cf. LL. armamentum, F. armement. ]
n. [ L. armamentarium, fr. armamentum: cf. F. armamentaire. ] An armory; a magazine or arsenal. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Cf. F. désarmement. ] The act of disarming. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. firmamentum, fr. firmare to make firm: cf. F. firmament. See Firm, v. & a. ]
Custom is the . . . firmament of the law. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]
And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters. Gen. i. 6. [ 1913 Webster ]
And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament. Gen. i. 14. [ 1913 Webster ]
☞ In Scripture, the word denotes an expanse, a wide extent; the great arch or expanse over out heads, in which are placed the atmosphere and the clouds, and in which the stars appear to be placed, and are really seen. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Pertaining to the firmament; celestial; being of the upper regions. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A natural family of plants comprising the genera
n. a group of chiefly woody plants considered among the most primitive of angiosperms; they have a perianth poorly developed or lacking, and flowers often unisexual and often in catkins and often wind pollinated. The group contains 23 families including the Betulaceae and Fagaceae (includes the Amentiferae); sometimes it is classified as a superorder.
n. A genus of fossil plants of the Oligocene having flowers resembling those of the witch hazel; found in Baltic region.
n. A genus of fossil plants having wood identical with or similar to that of the witch hazel.
n. [ NL., fr. Gr.
‖n. [ F. ] A rounded hillock; a rounded elevation or protuberance. Westmin. Rev. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. [ Pg. ] A child born of a white father and Indian mother. [ S. Amer. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ F. mamelouk, cf. Sp. mameluco, It. mammalucco; all fr. Ar. mamlūk a purchased slave or captive; lit., possessed or in one's power, p. p. of malaka to possesses. ] One of a body of mounted soldiers recruited from slaves converted to Muslimism, who, during several centuries, had more or less control of the government of Egypt, until exterminated or dispersed by