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All the cannon and small arms collectively, with their equipments, belonging to a ship or a fortification.

mbling a metal in its physical properties, but in its chemical relations ranking with the nonmetals. It is of a steel-gray color and brilliant luster, though usually dull from tarnish. It is very brittle, and sublimes at 356º Fahrenheit. It is sometimes found native, but usually combined with silver, cobalt, nickel, ir…

Cannon; great guns; ordnance, including guns, mortars, howitzers, etc., with their equipment of carriages, balls, bombs, and shot of all kinds.

enerally trained to arms . . . they were not indifferently prepared. Sir W. Scott. [See Synonym under Because.]

Not liable to putrefaction; nonputrescent. -- n.

An elementary sound produced by the breath alone; a surd, or nonvocal consonant; as, f, th in thin, etc.

Change of a non-sibilant letter to a sibilant, as of -tion to - shun, duke to ditch.

An action to recover damages for a breach or nonperformance of a contract or promise, express or implied, oral or in writing not under seal. Common or indebitatus assumpsit is brought for the most part on an implied promise. Special assumpsit is founded on an express promise or undertaking. Wharton.…

A round molding encircling a cannon near the mouth.

In its etymological signification, the science of the stars; among the ancients, synonymous with astronomy; subsequently, the art of judging of the influences of the stars upon human affairs, and of foretelling events by their position and aspects.

An element of speech entirely destitute of vocality, or produced by the breath alone; a nonvocal or surd consonant; a breathing. Rush.

To broach; to begin. And right anon his tale he hath attamed. Chaucer.

bishop of Hippo in Northern Africa (b. 354 -- d. 430), or to his doctrines. Augustinian canons, an order of monks once popular in England and Ireland; -- called also regular canons of St. Austin, and black canons. -- Augustinian hermits or Austin friars, an order of friars established in 1265 by Pope Alexander IV. It…

(, i. e., northern daybreak; popularly called northern lights. A luminous meteoric phenomenon, visible only at night, and supposed to be of electrical origin. This species of light usually appears in streams, ascending toward the zenith from a dusky line or bank, a few degrees above the northern horizon; when reaching…

A collection of the Novels or New Constitutions of Justinian, by an anonymous author; -- so called on account of its authencity. Bouvier.

Without an author; without authority; anonymous.

to be annulled or made invalid; voidable. The charters were not avoidable for the king's nonage. Hale.

erized by a five- membered ring which contains an atom of nitrogen and at least one other noncarbon atom (nitrogen, oxygen, sulphur). The prefixes furo-, thio, and pyrro-are used to distinguish three subclasses of azoles, which may be regarded as derived respectively from furfuran, thiophene, and pyrrol by replacement…

To cry baa, or bleat as a sheep. He treble baas for help, but none can get. Sir P. Sidney.

A saw (as a tenon saw) whose blade is stiffened by an added metallic back.