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Definitions for: Weapon
[n] instrument used in fighting or hunting; "he was licensed to carry a weapon"
[n] a means of persuading or arguing; "he used all his conversational weapons"
Webster (1913) Definition: Weap"on (?; 277), n. [OE. wepen, AS. w?pen; akin to OS.
w?pan, OFries. w?pin, w?pen, D. wapen, G. waffe, OHG. waffan,
w[=a]fan, Icel. v[=a]pn, Dan. vaaben, Sw. vapen, Goth. w?pna,
pl.; of uncertain origin. Cf. Wapentake.]
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.
The weapons of our warfare are not carnal. --2 Cor.
x. 4.
They, astonished, all resistance lost, All courage;
down their idle weapons dropped. --Milton.
2. Fig.: The means or instrument with which one contends
against another; as, argument was his only weapon.
``Woman's weapons, water drops.'' --Shak.
3. (Bot.) A thorn, prickle, or sting with which many plants
are furnished.
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.
Synonyms: arm, artillery, weapon system
See Also: arms, blade, bow, bow and arrow, brand, brass knuckles, brass knucks, fire ship, flamethrower, Greek fire, gun, hatchet, implements of war, instrument, knife, knuckle duster, knuckles, knucks, lance, missile, munition, nuclear weapon, persuasion, pike, projectile, shaft, spear, steel, suasion, sword, tomahawk, weaponry, weapons system
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