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Forearm   /fɔrˈɑrm/  /fˈɔrˌɑrm/   Listen
noun
Forearm  n.  (Anat.) That part of the arm or fore limb between the elbow and wrist; the antibrachium.



verb
Forearm  v. t.  To arm or prepare for attack or resistance before the time of need.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Forearm" Quotes from Famous Books



... was half around before the rider moved. Then he conjured a gun from somewhere in his clothes. There was the flash of the steel, an explosion, and Scar-faced Lewis was on his knees with a scream of pain holding his right forearm with his left hand. ...
— Gunman's Reckoning • Max Brand

... is possible to group most exertions that women must practice into two classes: those that involve upper arm muscles, as work at a sink, range, washtub, or washing machine, etc., and secondly, exertions that involve the muscles of the forearm, as the mixing, stirring, and ...
— The Consumer Viewpoint • Mildred Maddocks

... moment all that mattered was the stretch of trampled earth and the two men facing each other. The Eysie made another cast and this time, although Jellico was not caught, the slap of the mesh raised a red welt on his forearm. So far the Captain had been content to play the defensive role of retreat, studying ...
— Plague Ship • Andre Norton

... pistol. He had instinctively put up his arm to defend his face and the thickly padded sleeve of Bellward's jacket had broken the force of the blow. Desmond had avoided a fractured skull at the price of an appalling bruise on the right forearm and a nasty laceration ...
— Okewood of the Secret Service • Valentine Williams

... accepting this as a sign of willingness for battle, rushed at him, with the evident intent of a rough-and-tumble grapple after the fashion of his kind. To his surprise, he was held off by the leveled forearm of his opponent, rigid as a bar against ...
— The Magnificent Adventure - Being the Story of the World's Greatest Exploration and - the Romance of a Very Gallant Gentleman • Emerson Hough


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