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Armour, 1) the habit worn to protect the body in battle: “like unscour'd a.” Meas. I, 2, 171. “clad in a.” H6A I, 5, 3. II, 1, 24. H6C III, 3, 230. IV, 1, 105. “a good a.” Ado II, 3, 17. “a rich a.” H4B IV, 5, 30. Ant. IV, 8, 27. Per. II, 1, 125. “all the complete a.” R3 IV, 4, 189. “the very a. he had on,” Hml. I, 1, 60. “my Lord of York's a.” H6B I, 3, 195. “with burden of our a.” John II, 92. R2 I, 3, 73. H5 V, 2, 143. H6C II, 2, 130. R3 V, 3, 51. Cor. III, 2, 34. Mcb. V, 3, 33. Ant. IV, 4, 1 etc. Plural: “their --s,” John II, 315. H6C V, 7, 17. Troil. V, 3, 46. Figuratively: “his naked a. of still-slaughtered lust,” Lucr. 188. “if their heads had any intellectual a.” H5 III, 7, 148. “I'll give thee a. to keep off that word,” Rom. III, 3, 54. “put a. on thine ears,” Tim. IV, 3, 123. “with all the strength and a. of the mind,” Hml. III, 3, 12.
2) the whole apparatus of war, offensive as well as defensive arms; “bring away the a. that is there,” R2 II, 2, 107. “our a. all as strong,” H4B IV, 1, 156. “would have a. here out of the Tower,” H6A I, 3, 67. “lands, goods, house, a.” H6B V, 1, 52.
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