Helen Fenton

Armature: Definition and part of speech

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Armature

  1. n. Iron bars or framing employed for the consolidation of a building, as in sustaining slender columns, holding up canopies, etc.
  2. n. Armor; whatever is worn or used for the protection and defense of the body, esp. the protective outfit of some animals and plants.
  3. n. A piece of soft iron used to connect the two poles of a magnet, or electro-magnet, in order to complete the circuit, or to receive and apply the magnetic force. In the ordinary horseshoe magnet, it serves to prevent the dissipation of the magnetic force.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Aristate: Definition and part of speech

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Aristate

  1. a. Having a slender, sharp, or spinelike tip.
  2. a. Having a pointed, beardlike process, as the glumes of wheat; awned.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Aristocracy: Definition and part of speech

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Aristocracy

  1. n. The nobles or chief persons in a state; a privileged class or patrician order; (in a popular use) those who are regarded as superior to the rest of the community, as in rank, fortune, or intellect.
  2. n. Government by the best citizens.
  3. n. A ruling body composed of the best citizens.
  4. n. A form a government, in which the supreme power is vested in the principal persons of a state, or in a privileged order; an oligarchy.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.