Weapon

Name: American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 2 - Weapon
Author: Noah Webster

WEAPON, n. [G., L.]

1. Any instrument of offense; any thing used or designed to be used in destroying or annoying an enemy. The weapons of rude nations are clubs, stones and bows and arrows. Modern weapons of war are swords, muskets, pistols, cannon and the like.

2. An instrument for contest, or for combating enemies.

The weapons of our warfare are not carnal. 2 Cor 10.

3. An instrument of defense.

4. Weapons, in botany, arms; thorns, prickles, and stings, with which plants are furnished for defense; enumerated among the fulcres by Linne.

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Chicago: Noah Webster Jr., "Weapon," American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 2 in An American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 2 (New York: S. Converse, 1828), Original Sources, accessed May 28, 2023, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=GX6TYVZG68X3D33.

MLA: Webster, Noah, Jr. "Weapon." American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 2, in An American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 2, New York, S. Converse, 1828, Original Sources. 28 May. 2023. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=GX6TYVZG68X3D33.

Harvard: Webster, N, 'Weapon' in American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 2. cited in 1828, An American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 2, S. Converse, New York. Original Sources, retrieved 28 May 2023, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=GX6TYVZG68X3D33.