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Arm   /ɑrm/   Listen
noun
Arm  n.  
1.
The limb of the human body which extends from the shoulder to the hand; also, the corresponding limb of a monkey.
2.
Anything resembling an arm; as,
(a)
The fore limb of an animal, as of a bear.
(b)
A limb, or locomotive or prehensile organ, of an invertebrate animal.
(c)
A branch of a tree.
(d)
A slender part of an instrument or machine, projecting from a trunk, axis, or fulcrum; as, the arm of a steelyard.
(e)
(Naut) The end of a yard; also, the part of an anchor which ends in the fluke.
(f)
An inlet of water from the sea.
(g)
A support for the elbow, at the side of a chair, the end of a sofa, etc.
3.
Fig.: Power; might; strength; support; as, the secular arm; the arm of the law. "To whom is the arm of the Lord revealed?"
Arm's end, the end of the arm; a good distance off.
Arm's length, the length of the arm.
Arm's reach, reach of the arm; the distance the arm can reach.
To go arm in arm (or To walk arm in arm), to go with the arm or hand of one linked in the arm of another. "When arm in armwe went along."
To keep at arm's length, to keep at a distance (literally or figuratively); not to allow to come into close contact or familiar intercourse.
To work at arm's length, to work disadvantageously.


Arm  n.  (Mil.)
(a)
A branch of the military service; as, the cavalry arm was made efficient.
(b)
A weapon of offense or defense; an instrument of warfare; commonly in the pl.


verb
Arm  v. t.  (past & past part. armed; pres. part. arming)  
1.
To take by the arm; to take up in one's arms. (Obs.) "And make him with our pikes and partisans A grave: come, arm him." "Arm your prize; I know you will not lose him."
2.
To furnish with arms or limbs. (R.) "His shoulders broad and strong, Armed long and round."
3.
To furnish or equip with weapons of offense or defense; as, to arm soldiers; to arm the country. "Abram... armed his trained servants."
4.
To cover or furnish with a plate, or with whatever will add strength, force, security, or efficiency; as, to arm the hit of a sword; to arm a hook in angling.
5.
Fig.: To furnish with means of defense; to prepare for resistance; to fortify, in a moral sense. "Arm yourselves... with the same mind."
To arm a magnet, to fit it with an armature.


Arm  v. i.  To provide one's self with arms, weapons, or means of attack or resistance; to take arms. " 'Tis time to arm."





Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48


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... saying at each stroke, "This is the finishing blow!" But it fell harmless enow, for Kanmakan took all on his buckler and it was waste work, though he did not reply lacking the wherewithal to strike and Sabbah ceased not to smite at him with his sabre, till his arm was weary. When his opponent saw this, he rushed upon him and, hugging him in his arms, shook him and threw him to the ground. Then he turned him over on his face and pinioned his elbows behind him with the baldrick of his sword, and began to drag him by the ...
— The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, Volume 3 • Richard F. Burton
... and worn from the strain of his recital. Miss Burden joined him and pressed a hand against his cheek. She did not repel the arm ...
— The Substitute Prisoner • Max Marcin
... of that day we spent chatting very amicably in our Pullman arm-chairs. I couldn't understand it myself—when I had a moment to think, I was shocked and horrified at it. I was so terribly at home with them. These were friends of Dr. Ivor's—friends of my father's murderer! I had come out to Canada to track him, to ...
— Recalled to Life • Grant Allen
... congeners. Her hieratic and most general form was still lioness-headed, but a popular form, especially in bronze, was a cat-headed women, often holding in her right hand a lion aegis, i.e. a broad semicircular pectoral surmounted by the head of a lioness, and on the left arm a basket. The cat cemetery on the west side of the town consisted of numbers of large brick chambers, crammed with burnt and decayed mummies, many of which had been enclosed in cat-shaped cases of wood and bronze. Herodotus describes the festival ...
— Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 - "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" • Various
... O Keesh! Darest thou to kill a man? Behold! This be Kitz-noo, a slave. Strike, O Keesh, strike with the strength of thy arm!" ...
— Children of the Frost • Jack London


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