Armed
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia · John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
Furnished with weapons of offence or defence; furnished with the means of security or protection.
Webster's Diet
The fact that there was on board a vessel but one musket, a few ounces of powder, and a few balls, would not make her an armed vessel; Murray v. The Charming Betsy, 2 Cra. (U. S.) 121, 2 L. Ed. 208.