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Webster 1913 Edition
Armor
Ar′mor
,Noun.
[Spelt also
armour
.] 1.
Defensive arms for the body; any clothing or covering worn to protect one’s person in battle.
☞ 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.
2.
Steel or iron covering, whether of ships or forts, protecting them from the fire of artillery.
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
.Webster 1828 Edition
Armor
'ARMOR
,Noun.
1.
Defensive arms; any habit worn to protect the body in battle; formerly called harness. A complete armor formerly consisted of a casque or helmet, a gorget, cuirass, gauntlets, tasses, brassets, crushes, and covers for the legs to which the spurs were fastened.In English statutes, armor is used for the whole apparatus of war; including offensive as well as defensive arms. The statutes of armor directed what arms every man should provide, 27. Hen. II. and of Westminster. Hence armor includes all instruments of war.
2.
In a spiritual sense, a good conscience, faith and Christian graces are called armor. Rom. 13. Eph. 6. 2Cor. 6.Coat-armor is the escutcheon of a person or family, with its several charges and other furniture, as mantling, crest, supporters, motto, &c.