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n Europe and Asia, now called the Daradanelles. It connects the Ægean Sea and the sea of Marmora.

he care of genealogies, of the rights and privileges of noble families, and especially of armorial bearings. In modern times, some vestiges of this office remain, especially in England. See Heralds' College (below), and King-at-Arms.

ld; the art, practice, or science of recording genealogies, and blazoning arms or ensigns armorial; also, of marshaling cavalcades, processions, and public ceremonies.

A plant of the genus Nasturtium (N. Armoracia), allied to scurvy grass, having a root of a pungent taste, much used, when grated, as a condiment and in medicine. Gray. Horse-radish tree. (Bot.) See Moringa.

A shield-bearer or armor-bearer. Mitford.

Wearing mail or armor; clad of armor. W. Browne.

In the Middle Ages, armor for the legs below the knees. [Written also giambeux.] Chaucer.

of defense made of small plates of metal sewed upon linen or the like; also, this kind of armor taken generally; as, a coat of jazerant.

A sleeveless jacket worn over the armor in the 14th century. It fitted closely, and descended below the hips. Dryden.

A process for the manufacture of steel armor plates, invented or practiced by Krupp, the details of which are secret. It is understood to involve the addition of chromium as well as nickel to the metal, and to include a treatment like that of the Harvey process with unknown variations or additions. The product is menti…

Small steel plates combined together so as to slide one upon the form a piece of armor.

A strap used to fasten together parts of armor, to hold the shield by, and the like. Fairholt.

be ruled. Tennyson. To listen after, to take an interest in. [Obs.] Soldiers note forts, armories, and magazines; scholars listen after libraries, disputations, and professors. Fuller.

war before the general use of firearms, especially in the Middle Ages, for breaking metal armor. Chaucer. Death with his mace petrific . . . smote. Milton.

ch anything is stored, especially military stores, as ammunition, arms, provisions, etc. "Armories and magazines." Milton.

A flexible fabric made of metal rings interlinked. It was used especially for defensive armor. Chaucer. Chain mail, Coat of mail. See under Chain, and Coat.

Protected by a coat of mail; clad in armor. Sir W. Scott.

ften having one side of the head pointed; -- used by horsemen in the Middle Ages to break armor. Fairholt.

osed of, or covered with, lozenge-shaped scales; having lozenge-shaped divisions. Mascled armor, armor composed of small lozenge-shaped scales of metal fastened on a foundation of leather or quilted cloth.

Forming, or consisting of, a large mass; compacted; weighty; heavy; massy. "Massive armor." Dr. H. More.