Arsenal

[Lat. arz, arc is, a citadel.] A term generally applied to any place where naval or military stores are kept, more particularly to a large public establishment where the munitions of war are manufactured and stored. Ar's enal, in Pennsylvania , a village of Alleghany co. Arse'niate, AK'SENATE, n. (Chem.) A salt resulting from the union of arsenic acid with a base. The A. are generally insoluble in water, but very soluble in an exce of arsenic acid, which solubility is a useful criterion of the acid. They are decomposed at a red heat by charcoal, and yield the characteristic garlicky smell of the metallic vapor. They are generally unimportant in the arts.