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noun

Weapon n.

An instrument of offensive of defensive combat; something to fight with; anything used, or designed to be used, in destroying, defeating, or injuring an enemy, as a gun, a sword, etc. "The weapons of our warfare are not carnal." "They, astonished, all resistance lost, All courage; down their idle weapons dropped."

Fig.: The means or instrument with which one contends against another; as, argument was his only weapon. "Woman's weapons, water drops."

(Bot.) A thorn, prickle, or sting with which many plants are furnished.

Concealed weapons. See under Concealed.

Weapon salve, a salve which was supposed to cure a wound by being applied to the weapon that made it. (Obs.)

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Weapon" Quotes from Famous Books

... window and said, "You do not know me, but I have prayed the Lord to give me a promise for you; it is this, take it as from Him," and handed me a slip of paper. I opened the paper and read, "No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper" (Isa. 54:17). Then and there I raised my heart to God in prayer that he would fulfil this promise to me and those dear to me; and as I prayed there came the clear assurance ...

— How I Know God Answers Prayer - The Personal Testimony of One Life-Time • Rosalind Goforth

... a chance of escape that could be utilized better in darkness than in light, and knowing also that a battle against odds could be more successfully waged under the same conditions, he used his lantern as a weapon of offence, and thereby dashed out its flame at the ...

— The Copper Princess - A Story of Lake Superior Mines • Kirk Munroe

... even to their women, and all those of their children, as many as were able to use a weapon of war, when Moroni had armed all those prisoners; and all those things were done ...

— The Book Of Mormon - An Account Written By The Hand Of Mormon Upon Plates Taken - From The Plates Of Nephi • Anonymous

... gait," was then Magaret's comfort, but less soothing to Gavin. Yet if he upbraided her in his hurry, it was to repent bitterly his temper the next instant, and to feel its effects more than she, temper being a weapon that we hold by the blade. When he awoke and saw her in his room he would pretend, unless he felt called upon to rage at her for self- neglect, to be still asleep, and then be filled with tenderness for her. A great writer has spoken sadly of the shock it would be to a ...

— The Little Minister • J.M. Barrie

... and by producing a richer and moister soil than would be possible if the trees stood singly and apart. They compete among themselves by their roots for moisture in the soil, and for light and space by the growth of their crowns in height and breadth. Perhaps the strongest weapon which trees have against each other is growth in height. In certain species intolerant of shade, the tree which is overtopped has lost the race for good. The number of young trees which destroy each other in this fierce struggle for existence is prodigious, so that often a few score ...

— The Training of a Forester • Gifford Pinchot

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