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noun

Arming n.

1.

The act of furnishing with, or taking, arms. "The arming was now universal."

2.

(Naut.) A piece of tallow placed in a cavity at the lower end of a sounding lead, to bring up the sand, shells, etc., of the sea bottom.

3.

pl. (Naut.) Red dress cloths formerly hung fore and aft outside of a ship's upper works on holidays.

Arming press (Bookbinding), a press for stamping titles and designs on the covers of books.

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."

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"Arming" Quotes from Famous Books

... their hands than stowed away in magazines. Upon their agreeing with me on this head, I advised them to proceed in a quiet and orderly way, and to have no rioting or disturbance of any sort. I said that if they, after arming themselves, came to me and still wished to follow me, I would undertake to command them. You see, everything depends upon the manner in ...

— With Moore At Corunna • G. A. Henty

... issue. His reluctance to countenance any extensive measures of preparedness was the product of a definite resolution not to give Germany and her American supporters an opportunity to declare that the United States, while these issues were pending, was arming for war against ...

— Woodrow Wilson's Administration and Achievements • Frank B. Lord and James William Bryan

... joined with Mauvissiere, the official French ambassador, in wooing Elizabeth anew for Alencon and for France. Gradually the parties drew together again, for Catherine was already alarmed at the effect of St. Bartholomew. All the Protestant world was arming, the English ports were full of privateers to attack Catholic shipping, and aid in plenty was being sent from England to the Huguenots of Rochelle and the ...

— The World's Greatest Books, Vol X • Various

... to be guarded against. This apprehension on the part of Germany, is sometimes thought to have been mere pretence, but there is every reason to suppose it to have been genuine. The policy of the Entente did in fact, on a number of occasions, come into collision with that of Germany. The arming and counter-arming was continuous. And the very fact that from the side of the Entente it seemed that Germany was always the aggressor, should suggest to us that from the other side the opposite impression would prevail. That, in fact, it did prevail ...

— The European Anarchy • G. Lowes Dickinson

... camp, they tied their dish-covers over their faces, and, arming themselves with as much ammunition as they could carry, returned to ...

— A Tale of the Summer Holidays • G. Mockler

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