| Weapon | n. [ OE. wepen, AS. w&aemacr_;pen; akin to OS. wāpan, OFries. wēpin, wēpen, D. wapen, G. waffe, OHG. waffan, wāfan, Icel. vāpn, Dan. vaaben, Sw. vapen, Goth. wēpna, pl.; of uncertain origin. Cf. Wapentake. ] [ 1913 Webster ] 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. [ 1913 Webster ] The weapons of our warfare are not carnal. 2 Cor. x. 4. [ 1913 Webster ] They, astonished, all resistance lost, All courage; down their idle weapons dropped. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. Fig.: The means or instrument with which one contends against another; as, argument was his only weapon. “Woman's weapons, water drops.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ] 3. (Bot.) A thorn, prickle, or sting with which many plants are furnished. [ 1913 Webster ] 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. [ 1913 Webster ]
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