Boeheim. _Waffenkunde._ 1890. Cotgrave. _Dictionarie of the French and English Tongues._ 1611. =C.= Du Cange. _Glossaire Français._ Edit. 1879. Florio. _A Worlde of Woordes._ 1598. =F.= Gay. _Glossaire Archéologique_, A-G (never completed). 1887. =G.= Harford. _English Military Discipline._ 1680. =H.= Meyrick. _Antient Armour_ (glossary). 1842. Roquefort. _Glossaire de la Langue Romaine._ 1808. =R.= Valencia. _Catalogue of Real Armeria, Madrid._ Where no reference letter is given the meaning given is that generally accepted at the present day. The names of the different parts of the suit of plate armour are given in English; French, German, and Italian and Spanish are given on pp. 110, 111. A _Abzug_, Germ. the trigger of a gun. _Achsel_, Germ. see pauldron. _Achselhohlscheibe_, Germ. see rondel. _Achselschilde_, Germ. see ailette. _Acroc_, a hook or clasp. _Adargue_, a heart-shaped buckler, =G=. _Affust_, } gun-carriage. _Afut_, } _Agaric_, tinder used with flint-lock gun. _Agier_, O.F. darts. _Aguinia_, machines or engines of war. _Aguzo_, It. the point of the spear. _Aiguilettes_, tags at the ends of laces for fastening the various pieces of armour. _Ailettes_, wing-like pieces of plate or cuir-bouilly worn on the shoulders. Very rare and seldom seen on monuments. XIII-XIV cent. _Aketon_, see gambeson. _Alabarda_, It. halberd. _Alaguès_, _Halaguès_, O.F. soldiers of fortune, free-lances, =R=. _Alarica_, a heavy triangular-pointed spear. _Alberc_, Germ. see hauberk. _Alberia_, a shield without armorial bearings. _Alborium_, a bow of hazel, XI cent. _Alemèle_, Fr. the lame or blade of the sword. _Alemella_, It. a knife or dagger, XIV cent. _Alfange_, Sp. cutlass. _Alferanna_, Sp. a banner. _Algier_, O.F. dart. _Allecret_, a variety of half-armour, end of XVI cent. _Almarada_, Sp. a stiletto or dagger. _Almayne rivet_, suit of light half-armour, XVI cent. _Almete_, Sp. a close, round helmet, armet. _Alzo_, It. the “sight” of the firearm. _Amadue_, Fr. see agaric. _Ameure_, a dagger. _Amorce_, priming. _Amorcoir_, Fr. powder-flask. _Amussette_, Fr. a breech-loading musket, XVIII cent. _Anelace_, a broad-bladed dagger, early XIV cent. _Angon_, a javelin used in the VI cent. The head was heavy and the top part of the shaft thin, so that it bent on impact and thus hampered the stricken man, =G=. _Animes_, a cuirass of horizontal lames, =R=. _Antebrachia_, see vambrace. _Antela_, see poitrel. _Antia_, the handle of a buckler. _Anzerdecke_, Germ. see barde. _Appogiar_, the cantle of the saddle. _Arbalest_, a crossbow. _Arbalest à cric_, a heavy crossbow used in sieges. _Arbalest à cranequin_, a crossbow drawn with a windlass. _Arbrier_, the tiller of a crossbow. _Arcabuz_, Sp. see arquebus. _Archet de fer_, the moulded ring on the breech of a cannon, base-ring.