armour
    n 1: a military unit consisting of armored fighting vehicles
         [syn: armor, armour]
    2: protective covering made of metal and used in combat [syn:
       armor, armour]
    3: tough more-or-less rigid protective covering of an animal or
       plant [syn: armor, armour]
    v 1: equip with armor [syn: armor, armour]

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.
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   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.
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   2. Steel or iron covering, whether of ships or forts,
      protecting them from the fire of artillery.
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   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]

Armour
   is employed in the English Bible to denote military equipment,
   both offensive and defensive.
   
     (1.) The offensive weapons were different at different periods
   of history. The "rod of iron" (Ps. 2:9) is supposed to mean a
   mace or crowbar, an instrument of great power when used by a
   strong arm. The "maul" (Prov. 25:18; cognate Hebrew word
   rendered "battle-axe" in Jer. 51:20, and "slaughter weapon" in
   Ezek. 9:2) was a war-hammer or martel. The "sword" is the usual
   translation of _hereb_, which properly means "poniard." The real
   sword, as well as the dirk-sword (which was always
   double-edged), was also used (1 Sam. 17:39; 2 Sam. 20:8; 1 Kings
   20:11). The spear was another offensive weapon (Josh. 8:18; 1
   Sam. 17:7). The javelin was used by light troops (Num. 25:7, 8;
   1 Sam. 13:22). Saul threw a javelin at David (1 Sam. 19:9, 10),
   and so virtually absolved him from his allegiance. The bow was,
   however, the chief weapon of offence. The arrows were carried in
   a quiver, the bow being always unbent till the moment of action
   (Gen. 27:3; 48:22; Ps. 18:34). The sling was a favourite weapon
   of the Benjamites (1 Sam. 17:40; 1 Chr. 12:2. Comp. 1 Sam.
   25:29).
   
     (2.) Of the defensive armour a chief place is assigned to the
   shield or buckler. There were the great shield or target (the
   _tzinnah_), for the protection of the whole person (Gen. 15:1;
   Ps. 47:9; 1 Sam. 17:7; Prov. 30:5), and the buckler (Heb.
   _mageen_) or small shield (1 Kings 10:17; Ezek. 26:8). In Ps.
   91:4 "buckler" is properly a roundel appropriated to archers or
   slingers. The helmet (Ezek. 27:10; 1 Sam. 17:38), a covering for
   the head; the coat of mail or corselet (1 Sam. 17:5), or
   habergeon (Neh. 4;16), harness or breat-plate (Rev. 9:9), for
   the covering of the back and breast and both upper arms (Isa.
   59:17; Eph. 6:14). The cuirass and corselet, composed of leather
   or quilted cloth, were also for the covering of the body.
   Greaves, for the covering of the legs, were worn in the time of
   David (1 Sam. 17:6). Reference is made by Paul (Eph. 6:14-17) to
   the panoply of a Roman soldier. The shield here is the thureon,
   a door-like oblong shield above all, i.e., covering the whole
   person, not the small round shield. There is no armour for the
   back, but only for the front.
   

Armour, SD -- U.S. city in South Dakota
   Population (2000):    782
   Housing Units (2000): 377
   Land area (2000):     0.943380 sq. miles (2.443343 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    0.008652 sq. miles (0.022408 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    0.952032 sq. miles (2.465751 sq. km)
   FIPS code:            02260
   Located within:       South Dakota (SD), FIPS 46
   Location:             43.319410 N, 98.347342 W
   ZIP Codes (1990):     57313
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
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