weap.html - n.
1 a thing designed or used or usable for inflicting bodily harm (e.g. a gun or cosh).
2 a means employed for trying to gain the advantage in a conflict (irony is a double-edged weapon).

weaponed adj. (also in comb.). weaponless adj. [OE w

p(e)n f. Gmc]

weap.html - n.
weapons collectively.

weap.html - See: IF THE SHOE FITS - WEAR IT, WASH AND WEAR, WORSE FOR WEAR.

weap.html - {v.} 1. To remove or disappear little by little through use, time, or the action of weather. * /Time and weather have worn off the name on the gravestone./ * /The eraser has worn off my pencil./ * /The grass has worn away from the path near the house./ 2. To lessen; become less little by little. * /The people went home as the excitement of the fire wore off./ * /John could feel the pain again as the dentist's medicine wore away./ 3. To exhaust; tire out, win over or persuade by making tired. * /Mary wore her mother down by begging so that she let Mary go to the movies./ Compare: DIE OUT.

weap.html - {n. phr.} Deterioration through use. * /After 75,000 miles there is usually a lot of wear and tear on any car./

weap.html - See: WEAR DOWN.