Weapon /(wĕp"ŭn; 277)/

Weap·on

Weapon

n.
  1. An instrument of offensive of defensive combat; something to fight with; anything used, or designed to be used, in destroying, defeating, or injuring an enemy, as a gun, a sword, etc.
    The weapons of our warfare are not carnal.
    — 2 Cor. x. 4.
    They, astonished, all resistance lost, All courage; down their idle weapons dropped.
  2. Fig.: The means or instrument with which one contends against another; as, argument was his only weapon.
  3. A thorn, prickle, or sting with which many plants are furnished. (Bot.)

Phrases & Compounds
Concealed weapons
See under Concealed.
Weapon salve
a salve which was supposed to cure a wound by being applied to the weapon that made it.