Armory

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: ar=mor=y

CIDE DICTIONARY

Armory, n. [OF. armaire, armarie, F. armoire, fr. L. armarium place for keeping arms; but confused with F. armoiries. See Armorial, Ambry.].

•  A place where arms and instruments of war are deposited for safe keeping.  [1913 Webster]
•  Armor; defensive and offensive arms.  [1913 Webster]

  "Celestial armory, shields, helms, and spears."  [1913 Webster]
•  A manufactory of arms, as rifles, muskets, pistols, bayonets, swords.  [1913 Webster]
•  Ensigns armorial; armorial bearings.  Spenser.  [1913 Webster]
•  That branch of heraldry which treats of coat armor.  [1913 Webster]

  "The science of heraldry, or, more justly speaking, armory, which is but one branch of heraldry, is, without doubt, of very ancient origin."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

Armory, n. (pl. -ies) heraldry.

Derivative

armorial adj.

Armory, US var. of ARMOURY.

THESAURUS

Armory

achievement, alerion, ammo dump, animal charge, annulet, archives, argent, armorial bearings, arms, arsenal, artillery park, assembly line, assembly plant, atomic arsenal, atomic energy plant, attic, azure, badge, badge of office, badges, bandeau, bank, bar, bar sinister, basement, baton, bay, bearings, bend, bend sinister, billet, bin, bindery, blazon, blazonry, boatyard, boilery, bonded warehouse, bookbindery, bookcase, bordure, box, brassard, brewery, brickyard, broad arrow, bunker, buttery, button, cadency mark, cannery, canton, cap and gown, cargo dock, cellar, chain, chain of office, chaplet, charge, chest, chevron, chief, class ring, closet, coat of arms, cockade, cockatrice, collar, conservatory, coronet, crate, creamery, crescent, crest, crib, cross, cross moline, crown, cupboard, dairy, decoration, defense plant, depository, depot, device, difference, differencing, distillery, dock, dockyard, drawer, dress, dump, eagle, emblems, ensigns, ermine, ermines, erminites, erminois, escutcheon, exchequer, factory, factory belt, factory district, falcon, fasces, feeder plant, fess, fess point, field, figurehead, file, flanch, fleur-de-lis, flour mill, fret, fur, fusil, garland, glory hole, godown, griffin, gules, gun park, gyron, hammer and sickle, hatchment, helmet, heraldic device, heraldry, hold, honor point, hutch, impalement, impaling, industrial park, industrial zone, inescutcheon, insignia, label, lapel pin, library, lion, livery, locker, lozenge, lumber room, lumberyard, mace, magasin, magazine, main plant, mantle, mantling, manufactory, manufacturing plant, manufacturing quarter, markings, marshaling, martlet, mascle, medal, metal, mill, mint, mortarboard, motto, mullet, munitions plant, nombril point, octofoil, oil refinery, old school tie, or, ordinary, orle, packing house, pale, paly, park, pean, pheon, pin, plant, pottery, power plant, production line, purpure, push-button plant, quarter, quartering, rack, refinery, regalia, repertory, repository, reservoir, rick, ring, rose, sable, saltire, sawmill, school ring, scutcheon, shamrock, shelf, shield, shipyard, sigillography, skull and crossbones, sphragistics, spread eagle, stack, stack room, staff, stock room, storage, store, storehouse, storeroom, subassembly plant, subordinary, sugar refinery, supply base, supply depot, swastika, tank, tannery, tartan, tenne, thistle, tie, tincture, torse, treasure house, treasure room, treasury, tressure, unicorn, uniform, vair, vat, vault, verge, vert, wand, warehouse, wine cellar, winery, wreath, yale, yard, yards

ROGET THESAURUS

Armory

Store

N store, stock, fund, mine, vein, lode, quarry, spring, fount, fountain, well, wellspring, milch cow, stock in trade, supply, heap, treasure, reserve, corps de reserve, reserved fund, nest egg, savings, bonne bouche, crop, harvest, mow, vintage, store, accumulation, hoard, rick, stack, lumber, relay, storehouse, storeroom, storecloset, depository, depot, cache, repository, reservatory, repertory, repertorium, promptuary, warehouse, entrepot, magazine, buttery, larder, spence, garner, granary, cannery, safe-deposit vault, stillroom, thesaurus, bank, armory, arsenal, dock, gallery, museum, conservatory, menagery, menagerie, reservoir, cistern, aljibar, tank, pond, mill pond, gasometer, budget, quiver, bandolier, portfolio, coffer, conservation, storing, storage, keep, file (papers), lay in, preserve, Adj, stored, in store, in reserve, in ordinary, spare, supernumerary, adde parvum parvo magnus acervus erit.

Workshop

N workshop, workhouse, workplace, shop, place of business, manufactory, mill, plant, works, factory, cabinet, studio, office, branch office bureau, atelier, hive, hive of industry, nursery, hothouse, hotbed, kitchen, mint, forge, loom, dock, dockyard, alveary, armory, laboratory, lab, research institute, refinery, cannery, power plant, beauty parlor, beehive, bindery, forcing pit, nailery, usine, slip, yard, wharf, foundry, foundery, furnace, vineyard, crucible, alembic, caldron, matrix, at work, at the office, at the shop, working.

Arms

N arm, arms, weapon, deadly weapon, armament, armaments, armature, panoply, stand of arms, armor, armory, apparatus belli, ammunition, powder, powder and shot, cartridge, ball cartridge, cartouche, fireball, villainous saltpeter, dumdum bullet, explosive, gunpowder, guncotton, mercury fulminate, picrates, pentaerythritol tetranitrate, PETN, high explosive, trinitrotoluene, TNT, dynamite, melinite, cordite, lyddite, plastic explosive, plastique, pyroxyline, sword, saber, broadsword, cutlass, falchion, scimitar, cimeter, brand, whinyard, bilbo, glaive, glave, rapier, skean, Toledo, Ferrara, tuck, claymore, adaga, baselard, Lochaber ax, skean dhu, creese, kris, dagger, dirk, banger, poniard, stiletto, stylet, dudgeon, bayonet, sword-bayonet, sword-stick, side arms, foil, blade, steel, ax, bill, pole-ax, battle-ax, gisarme, halberd, partisan, tomahawk, bowie knife, ataghan, attaghan, yataghan, yatacban, assagai, assegai, good sword, trusty sword, naked sword, cold steel, club, mace, truncheon, staff, bludgeon, cudgel, life preserver, shillelah, sprig, hand staff, quarter staff, bat, cane, stick, knuckle duster, billy, blackjack, sandbag, waddy, gun, piece, firearms, artillery, ordnance, siege train, battering train, park, battery, cannon, gun of position, heavy gun, field piece, mortar, howitzer, carronade, culverin, basilisk, falconet, jingal, swivel, pederero, bouche a feu, petard, torpedo, mitrailleur, mitrailleuse, infernal machine, smooth bore, rifled cannon, Armstrong gun, Lancaster gun, Paixhan gun, Whitworth gun, Parrott gun, Krupp gun, Gatling gun, Maxim gun, machine gun, pompom, ten pounder, small arms, musket, musketry, firelock, fowling piece, rifle, fusil, caliver, carbine, blunderbuss, musketoon, Brown Bess, matchlock, harquebuss, arquebus, haguebut, pistol, postolet, petronel, small bore, breach-loader, muzzle-loader, revolver, repeater, Minis rifle, Enfield rifle, Flobert rifle, Westley Richards rifle, Snider rifle, Martini-Henry rifle, Lee-Metford rifle, Lee-Enfield rifle, Mauser rifle, magazine rifle, needle gun, chassepot, wind gun, air gun, automatic gun, automatic pistol, escopet, escopette, gunflint, gun- lock, hackbut, shooter, shooting iron, six-shooter, shotgun, Uzzi, assault rifle, Kalashnikov, bow, crossbow, balister, catapult, sling, battering ram, gunnery, ballistics, missile, bolt, projectile, shot, ball, grape, grape shot, canister shot, bar shot, cannon shot, langrel shot, langrage shot, round shot, chain shot, balista, ballista, slung shot, trebucbet, trebucket, bullet, slug, stone, brickbat, grenade, shell, bomb, carcass, rocket, congreve, congreve rocket, shrapnel, mitraille, levin bolt, levin brand, thunderbolt, pike, lance, spear, spontoon, javelin, dart, jereed, jerid, arrow, reed, shaft, bolt, boomerang, harpoon, gaff, eelspear, oxgoad, weet-weet, wommerah, cattle prod, chemical mace, en flute, nervos belli pecuniam infinitam.