n. [ L. armamenta, pl., utensils, esp. the tackle of a ship, fr. armare to arm: cf. LL. armamentum, F. armement. ] 1. A body of forces equipped for war; -- used of a land or naval force. “The whole united armament of Greece.” Glover. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Mil. & Nav.) All the cannon and small arms collectively, with their equipments, belonging to a ship or a fortification. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Any equipment for resistance. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. armamentarium, fr. armamentum: cf. F. armamentaire. ] An armory; a magazine or arsenal. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. désarmement. ] The act of disarming. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. firmamentum, fr. firmare to make firm: cf. F. firmament. See Firm, v. & a. ] 1. Fixed foundation; established basis. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Custom is the . . . firmament of the law. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The region of the air; the sky or heavens. [ 1913 Webster ]

And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters. Gen. i. 6. [ 1913 Webster ]

And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament. Gen. i. 14. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ In Scripture, the word denotes an expanse, a wide extent; the great arch or expanse over out heads, in which are placed the atmosphere and the clouds, and in which the stars appear to be placed, and are really seen. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Old Astron.) The orb of the fixed stars; the most remote of the celestial spheres. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to the firmament; celestial; being of the upper regions. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A natural family of plants comprising the genera Hamamelis; Corylopsis; Fothergilla; Liquidambar; Parrotia; and other small genera.
Syn. -- family Hamamelidaceae, witch-hazel family. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a group of chiefly woody plants considered among the most primitive of angiosperms; they have a perianth poorly developed or lacking, and flowers often unisexual and often in catkins and often wind pollinated. The group contains 23 families including the Betulaceae and Fagaceae (includes the Amentiferae); sometimes it is classified as a superorder.
Syn. -- subclass Hamamelidae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. A genus of fossil plants of the Oligocene having flowers resembling those of the witch hazel; found in Baltic region.
Syn. -- genus Hamamelidanthum. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. A genus of fossil plants having wood identical with or similar to that of the witch hazel.
Syn. -- genus Hamamelidoxylon. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ NL., fr. Gr. "amamhli`s a kind of medlar or service tree; "a`ma at the same time + mh^lon an apple, any tree fruit. ] (Bot.) A genus of plants which includes the witch-hazel (Hamamelis Virginica), a preparation of which is used medicinally. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F. ] A rounded hillock; a rounded elevation or protuberance. Westmin. Rev. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Pg. ] A child born of a white father and Indian mother. [ S. Amer. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. mamelouk, cf. Sp. mameluco, It. mammalucco; all fr. Ar. mamlūk a purchased slave or captive; lit., possessed or in one's power, p. p. of malaka to possesses. ] One of a body of mounted soldiers recruited from slaves converted to Muslimism, who, during several centuries, had more or less control of the government of Egypt, until exterminated or dispersed by Mehemet Ali in 1811. [ 1913 Webster ]