Armor |
Defensive arms for the body; any clothing or covering worn to protect one's person in battle. |
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Armor |
Steel or iron covering, whether of ships or forts, protecting them from the fire of artillery. |
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Armor-plated |
Covered with defensive plates of metal, as a ship of war; steel-clad. |
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Bearer |
One who, or that which, bears, sustains, or carries. |
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Bearer |
Specifically: One who assists in carrying a body to the grave; a pallbearer. |
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Bearer |
A palanquin carrier; also, a house servant. |
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Bearer |
A tree or plant yielding fruit; as, a good bearer. |
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Bearer |
One who holds a check, note, draft, or other order for the payment of money; as, pay to bearer. |
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Bearer |
A strip of reglet or other furniture to bear off the impression from a blank page; also, a type or type-high piece of metal interspersed in blank parts to support the plate when it is shaved. |
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Bell bearer |
A Brazilian leaf hopper (Bocydium tintinnabuliferum), remarkable for the four bell-shaped appendages of its thorax. |
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Shield-bearer |
One who, or that which, carries a shield. |
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Shield-bearer |
Any small moth of the genus Aspidisca, whose larva makes a shieldlike covering for itself out of bits of leaves. |
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Top-armor |
A top railing supported by stanchions and equipped with netting. |
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Water-bearer |
The constellation Aquarius. |
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Cross-bearer |
A subdeacon who bears a cross before an archbishop or primate on solemn occasions. |
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