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h weapons of offense or defense; furnished with the means of security or protection. "And armed host." Dryden.

roused to vigilance; excited by fear of approaching danger; agitated; disturbed; as, an alarmed neighborhood; an alarmed modesty. The white pavilions rose and fell On the alarmed air. Longfellow.

In an alarmed manner.

With arms crossed.

Deprived of arms.

Same as Armed, 3.

Wearing heavy or complete armor; carrying heavy arms.

Armed with light weapons or accouterments.

Having long arms; as, the long-armed ape or gibbon.

Not armed or armored; having no arms or weapons.

Armed with prickles, as a plant.

A group of intestinal worms, having the proboscis armed with recurved spines.

A genus of ganoid fishes, including the sturgeons, having the body armed with bony scales, and the mouth on the under side of the head. See Sturgeon.

Having a sharp point; armed with prickles; prickly; aculeate.

danger; to fill with anxiety in regard to threatening evil; to excite with sudden fear. Alarmed by rumors of military preparation. Macaulay.

Easily alarmed or disturbed.

Sensible; feeling; perceptive. [R.] Thoughts, my tormentors, armed with deadly stings, Mangle my apprehensive, tenderest parts. Milton.

A genus of New Zealand birds about the size of a hen, with only short rudiments of wings, armed with a claw and without a tail; the kiwi. It is allied to the gigantic extinct moas of the same country. Five species are known.

for having a long tapering tail of many vertebræ with feathers along each side, and jaws armed with teeth, with other reptilian characteristics.

To furnish with arms or limbs. [R.] His shoulders broad and strong, Armed long and round. Beau. & Fl.