#arms

• The Aban (illness entity) — An extremely rare archaic term attested in old Balkan apocryphal writings or healing manuscripts, denoting the symbolic or demonic personification of an acute febrile illness or a severe muscle spasm. In medieval folk medicine, diseases were frequently labeled with strange proper names (such as Abanul) to facilitate medical exorcism rituals and charms aimed at driving away pain.
• Abason (illness entity) — A rare archaic and mythological term found in medieval superstitions and magic-medical manuscripts of Southern Europe, representing the demonic personification of an acute mental illness or furious delirium. In ancient empirical medicine, severe epileptic seizures or psychotic episodes were often attributed to possession by Abason, with healing attempted through charms, exorcisms, and fumigations with sedative plants.
• Eagle — A large diurnal bird of prey belonging to the Accipitridae family, characterized by a powerful beak hooked at the tip, sharp curved talons, and extremely keen vision; also, it represents the heraldic symbol of power and sovereignty found on coats of arms, flags, or coins. This apex predator holds major structural ecological importance in controlling small mammal populations within ecosystems.
• Ammo — A colloquial form or international abbreviation derived from English for ammunition; it represents the entirety of cartridges, projectiles, or explosive charges intended for firearms or artillery systems. In digital culture and the video game industry, the term describes the core structural resource required to operate weaponry within tactical simulators.
• Closely flanked — Having been tightly pressed, squeezed, or fixed closely from both sides; in heraldry, the term describes a piece, figure, or blazon element that is closely flanked, pressed, or structurally compressed between two other adjacent geometric figures or symbols.
• Anti-personnel — Designed, manufactured, or structurally used to neutralize, injure, or destroy the enemy's living force, meaning soldiers and combat personnel on the ground. In tactical and weaponry terminology, it describes mines, grenades, or special projectiles engineered to scatter shrapnel over a wide radius, as opposed to weapons intended for destroying armored vehicles or buildings.
• Herald — An archaic or unconventional spelling and phonetic variant for herald; a medieval court officer tasked with transmitting solemn state messages, organizing official ceremonies, knightly tournaments, and recording and verifying coats of arms, crests, and noble titles. The term appears rarely in early translations or romantic literary chronicles, serving as a direct etymological root for terms associated with the science of blazons.
• Armament — The totality of weapons, combat equipment, ammunition, and related technical devices supplied to an army, a military unit, or an individual defensive system. This structural assembly includes melee weapons, firearms, heavy machinery, and modern missile systems, being strictly regulated by national laws and international treaties on security and proliferation control.
• Arms-bearer variant — A truncated regional form or niche archaic variant for the term armiger, designating a warrior bearing arms, a squire, or a low-ranking nobleman invested with the right to bear a coat of arms. In ancient dialects or border writings, the word served as a structural descriptor for members of armed guards who secured fortifications or boyar convoys.
• Armiger — A person legally entitled to bear a coat of arms or a heraldic crest; historically, a noble servant or squire who carried the armor and weapons of a knight during the Middle Ages. In feudal social structures, the title marked an intermediate tier of prestige, situated just below the rank of knight, involving precise military responsibilities and a lineage officially recognized by the royal court.
• Armorial bearings — The assembly of distinctive marks, emblems, conventional figures, or coats of arms specific to a noble family, a dynasty, a city, or a state, crafted according to the rigorous rules of heraldry; the totality of graphical and symbolic elements making up an official shield or crest.
• Armorial — A collection, repertory, dictionary, or official catalog containing detailed descriptions, graphic representations, and coats of arms of princely dynasties, noble families, cities, or states. As an adjective, it refers to everything pertaining to heraldry or blazons.
• Emblazoned — Provided, marked, or decorated with a coat of arms, a blazon, or heraldic insignia. The term applies to official seals, noble funerary monuments, or old palace facades bearing engraved or painted symbols.
• Armories — The plural form of the archaic noun 'armorie'; the totality of coats of arms, blazons, insignia, or heraldic ornaments belonging to noble families, craft guilds, or urban communities. Found in historical chronicles describing defensive or heraldic decorations.
• Armstrong — A proper surname of Anglo-Saxon origin borne by prominent historical figures, most notably Neil Alden Armstrong (1930–2012), the American astronaut who became the first person to walk on the Moon during the Apollo 11 mission in July 1969. Etymologically, it literally translates to 'strong arm'.
• Armstrongite — A rare silicate mineral (hydrated calcium zirconium silicate, formula CaZrSi6O15·3H2O) characterized by monoclinic translucent crystals, light to reddish brown color, and vitreous luster. Discovered in the Khan Bogd massif in the Gobi Desert (Mongolia).
• Artillery pieces — An archaic plural form for artillery pieces or, in a rare literary sense, an obsolete collective term designating the firearms (cannons) used by an army. It can also represent an early historical or regional variant associated with the logistics of heavy batteries prior to modern military vocabulary standardization.
• Artillery pieces — An ancient or regional plural form used to designate the entirety of artillery pieces or heavy firing units within an army. In administrative documents of past centuries, the term defined the firearms allocated to a division or fortification prior to the modern standardization of military linguistic inflections.