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Weap"on (wĕp"ŭn; 277), n. [OE. wepen, AS. w&aē_;pen; akin to OS. w&ā;pan, OFries. w&ē;pin, w&ē;pen, D. wapen, G. waffe, OHG. waffan, w&ā;fan, Icel. v&ā;pn, Dan. vaaben, Sw. vapen, Goth. w&ē;pna, pl.; of uncertain origin. Cf. Wapentake.]
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1. 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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The weapons of our warfare are not carnal. 2 Cor. x. 4.
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They, astonished, all resistance lost,
All courage; down their idle weapons dropped. Milton.
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2. Fig.: The means or instrument with which one contends against another; as, argument was his only weapon. “Woman's weapons, water drops.” Shak.
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3. (Bot.) A thorn, prickle, or sting with which many plants are furnished.
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Concealed weapons. See under Concealed. -- Weapon salve, a salve which was supposed to cure a wound by being applied to the weapon that made it. [Obs.] Boyle.
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