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A name given to a free-booting, unenlisted, armed man or guerrilla.

An armed constable; also, a government servant or courier. [Turkey]

A light-armed foot soldier of the ancient militia of Ireland and Scotland; -- distinguished from gallowglass, and often used as a term of contempt. Macaulay. Now for our Irish wars; We must supplant those rough, rug-headed kerns. Shak.

A soldier armed with a lance; a lancer.

One who lances; one who carries a lance; especially, a member of a mounted body of men armed with lances, attached to the cavalry service of some nations. Wilhelm.

Tongued; having the tongue visible. Lions . . . represented as armed and langued gules. Cussans.

A spear armed with three or more prongs, for striking fish. [Scotland]

Not heavily armed; armed with light weapons; as, light troops; a troop of light horse.

A weapon of war, consisting of a pole armed with an axhead at its end, formerly used by the Scotch Highlanders.

en to flattery or deceit; flattering; cozening. [Obs.] Amongst the many simoniacal that swarmed in the land, Herbert, Bishop of Thetford, must not be forgotten; nick-named Losing, that is, the Fratterer. Fuller.

lth to all. Shak. Smit with the love of sacred song. Milton. The love of science faintly warmed his breast. Fenton.

nes projecting in front of the nose; -- called also noble, pluck, pogge, sea poacher, and armed bullhead.

ordinary commission granted by a government to a private person to fit out a privateer or armed ship to cruise at sea and make prize of the enemy's ships and merchandise. The ship so commissioned is sometimes called a letter of marque.

Warmed by liquor; slightly intoxicated. Addison.

A Moor. [Obs.] In vain the Turks and Morians armed be. Fairfax.

The armed or feruled end of a staff; in a sheephook, the end of the staff to which the hook is attached. Sir P. Sidney.

Land from which grass is cut; meadow land. Mowing machine, an agricultural machine armed with knives or blades for cutting standing grass, etc. It is drawn by a horse or horses, or propelled by steam.

To chew or bite gently, as one without teeth. Gums unarmed, to mumble meat in vain. Dryden.

A soldier armed with a musket.

One who is armed with such a musket.