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Arms   /ɑrmz/   Listen
Arms

noun
1.
Weapons considered collectively.  Synonyms: implements of war, munition, weaponry, weapons system.
2.
The official symbols of a family, state, etc..  Synonyms: blazon, blazonry, coat of arms.



Arm

noun
1.
A human limb; technically the part of the superior limb between the shoulder and the elbow but commonly used to refer to the whole superior limb.
2.
Any projection that is thought to resemble a human arm.  Synonyms: branch, limb.  "An arm of the sea" , "A branch of the sewer"
3.
Any instrument or instrumentality used in fighting or hunting.  Synonyms: weapon, weapon system.
4.
The part of an armchair or sofa that supports the elbow and forearm of a seated person.
5.
A division of some larger or more complex organization.  Synonyms: branch, subdivision.  "Botany is a branch of biology" , "The Germanic branch of Indo-European languages"
6.
The part of a garment that is attached at the armhole and that provides a cloth covering for the arm.  Synonym: sleeve.
verb
(past & past part. armed; pres. part. arming)
1.
Prepare oneself for a military confrontation.  Synonyms: build up, fortify, gird.  "Troops are building up on the Iraqi border"
2.
Supply with arms.



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"Arms" Quotes from Famous Books



... Holy Ghost would never have spoken at such a rate as this, if he had not intended to show us that at the day of the setting up of this Jerusalem, a great harvest of sinners shall be gathered by the grace of the gospel. But the truth is, the Scriptures go with open arms towards the latter end of the world, even as if they would grasp and compass about almost all people then upon the face of the whole earth with the grace and mercy of God. 'The earth,' saith God, 'shall be full of the knowledge' of the glory 'of the Lord, as the ...
— The Works of John Bunyan • John Bunyan

... oh, do not, do not hate me!" she murmured, in a voice almost inarticulate. "I deserve to be cast from your love, to lose your confidence for ever. I have deceived you—I—" Sobs choked her utterance, and the grieving mother could only throw her arms around her child, and press her convulsively to her heart. Anxiety, nearly equal to that of his wife, had been an inmate of Mr. Hamilton's bosom as the Duchess's voice reached his ear; but as he glanced on ...
— The Mother's Recompense, Volume I. - A Sequel to Home Influence in Two Volumes. • Grace Aguilar

... a fury, bade him name the wretch, and Tom hung his arms, and aped the respectable protrusion of the ...
— The Shaving of Shagpat • George Meredith

... dexterity of groping well: Who flings most filth, and wide pollutes around The stream, be his the Weekly Journals bound; A pig of lead to him who dives the best; A peck of coals a-piece shall glad the rest.' "In naked majesty Oldmixon stands, And, Milo-like, surveys his arms and hands; Then sighing thus, 'And am I now threescore? Ah, why, ye Gods! should two and two make four?' He said, and climb'd a stranded lighter's height, Shot to the black abyss, and plung'd downright: The senior's judgment all the crowd admire, Who ...
— Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, Number 358, August 1845 • Various

... close against it; and if it were opened, it is so rusty that the force necessary to turn it on its hinges would be likely to pull down the square stone-built pillars, to the detriment of the two stone lionesses which grin with a doubtful carnivorous affability above a coat of arms surmounting each of the pillars. It would be easy enough, by the aid of the nicks in the stone pillars, to climb over the brick wall with its smooth stone coping; but by putting our eyes close to the rusty bars of the gate, we can see the ...
— The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to Prose, Vol. VI (of X)--Great Britain and Ireland IV • Various


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