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Weapon

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.

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Blade 76% connected

Properly, the leaf, or flat part of the leaf, of any plant, especially of gramineous plants. The term is sometimes applied to the spire of grasses.

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Bow 76% connected

To cause to deviate from straightness; to bend; to inflect; to make crooked or curved.

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Brand 76% connected

A burning piece of wood; or a stick or piece of wood partly burnt, whether burning or after the fire is extinct.

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Gun 76% connected

of Gin

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Hatchet 76% connected

A small ax with a short handle, to be used with one hand.

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Knife 76% connected

An instrument consisting of a thin blade, usually of steel and having a sharp edge for cutting, fastened to a handle, but of many different forms and…

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Lance 76% connected

A weapon of war, consisting of a long shaft or handle and a steel blade or head; a spear carried by horsemen, and often decorated with a small flag;…

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Missile 76% connected

Capable of being thrown; adapted for hurling or to be projected from the hand, or from any instrument or rngine, so as to strike an object at a dista…

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Projectile 76% connected

Projecting or impelling forward; as, a projectile force.

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Shaft 76% connected

The slender, smooth stem of an arrow; hence, an arrow.

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Slasher 76% connected

A machine for applying size to warp yarns.

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Sling 76% connected

An instrument for throwing stones or other missiles, consisting of a short strap with two strings fastened to its ends, or with a string fastened to…

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Spear 76% connected

A long, pointed weapon, used in war and hunting, by thrusting or throwing; a weapon with a long shaft and a sharp head or blade; a lance.

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Steel 76% connected

A variety of iron intermediate in composition and properties between wrought iron and cast iron (containing between one half of one per cent and one…

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Sword 76% connected

An offensive weapon, having a long and usually sharp/pointed blade with a cutting edge or edges. It is the general term, including the small sword, r…

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Tomahawk 76% connected

A kind of war hatchet used by the American Indians. It was originally made of stone, but afterwards of iron.

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Instrument 76% connected

That by means of which any work is performed, or result is effected; a tool; a utensil; an implement; as, the instruments of a mechanic; astronomical…

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Persuasion 76% connected

The act of persuading; the act of influencing the mind by arguments or reasons offered, or by anything that moves the mind or passions, or inclines t…

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Suasion 76% connected

The act of persuading; persuasion; as, moral suasion.

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Arm 74% connected

The limb of the human body which extends from the shoulder to the hand; also, the corresponding limb of a monkey.

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Arm 74% connected

The limb of the human body which extends from the shoulder to the hand; also, the corresponding limb of a monkey.

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Containing whole 3

Arms 70% connected

Instruments or weapons of offense or defense.

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Munition 70% connected

Fortification; stronghold.

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Weaponry 70% connected

Weapons, collectively; as, an array of weaponry.

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Arm 92% connected

The limb of the human body which extends from the shoulder to the hand; also, the corresponding limb of a monkey.

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Artillery 92% connected

Munitions of war; implements for warfare, as slings, bows, and arrows.

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