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1. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 | ||
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 protect one's person in battle. [1913 Webster] Note: In English statues, armor is used for the whole apparatus of war, including offensive as well as defensive arms. The statues of armor directed what arms every man should provide. [1913 Webster] 2. Steel or iron covering, whether of ships or forts, protecting them from the fire of artillery. [1913 Webster] Coat armor, the escutcheon of a person or family, with its several charges and other furniture, as mantling, crest, supporters, motto, etc. Submarine, a water-tight dress or covering for a diver. See under Submarine. [1913 Webster] | ||
2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 | ||
Coat \Coat\ (k[=o]t; 110), n. [OF. cote, F. cotte, petticoat, cotte d'armes coat of arms, cotte de mailles coat of mail, LL. cota, cotta, tunic, prob. of German origin; cf. OHG. chozzo coarse mantle, G. klotze, D. kot, hut, E. cot. Cf. Cot a hut.] 1. An outer garment fitting the upper part of the body; especially, such a garment worn by men. [1913 Webster] Let each His adamantine coat gird well. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. A petticoat. [Obs.] "A child in coats." --Locke. [1913 Webster] 3. The habit or vesture of an order of men, indicating the order or office; cloth. [1913 Webster] Men of his coat should be minding their prayers. --Swift. [1913 Webster] She was sought by spirits of richest coat. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 4. An external covering like a garment, as fur, skin, wool, husk, or bark; as, the horses coats were sleek. [1913 Webster] Fruit of all kinds, in coat Rough or smooth rined, or bearded husk, or shell. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 5. A layer of any substance covering another; a cover; a tegument; as, the coats of the eye; the coats of an onion; a coat of tar or varnish. [1913 Webster] 6. Same as Coat of arms. See below. [1913 Webster] Hark, countrymen! either renew the fight, Or tear the lions out of England's coat. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 7. A coat card. See below. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Here's a trick of discarded cards of us! We were ranked with coats as long as old master lived. --Massinger. [1913 Webster] Coat armor. See under Armor. Coat of arms (Her.), a translation of the French cotte d'armes, a garment of light material worn over the armor in the 15th and 16th centuries. This was often charged with the heraldic bearings of the wearer. Hence, an heraldic achievement; the bearings of any person, taken together. Coat card, a card bearing a coated figure; the king, queen, or knave of playing cards. "`I am a coat card indeed.' `Then thou must needs be a knave, for thou art neither king nor queen.'" --Rowley. Coat link, a pair of buttons or studs joined by a link, to hold together the lappels of a double-breasted coat; or a button with a loop for a single-breasted coat. Coat of mail, a defensive garment of chain mail. See Chain mail, under Chain. Mast coat (Naut.), a piece of canvas nailed around a mast, where it passes through the deck, to prevent water from getting below. Sail coat (Naut.), a canvas cover laced over furled sails, and the like, to keep them dry and clean. [1913 Webster] | ||
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