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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

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Arm

Arm, n.

noun

n. [A-S. arm, earm, Goth. arms, Icel. armr, O. A. Ger. aram, Ger., D., Dan., & Sw. arm, Lat. armus, arm, shoulder, Gr. ἀρμός, joining, joint, shoulder, from the root ἀρ, to join, to fit together. Cf. Slav. ramo, shoulder, Lat. ramus, branch.]

  1. The limb of the human body which extends from the shoulder to the hand.
  2. Any thing resembling an arm; as, (a.) The branch of a tree. (b.) A slender part of an instrument or machine, projecting from a trunk, or axis, or fulcrum; as, the arm of a steelyard. (c.) (Naut.) The end of a yard. Also, the part of an anchor which ends in the fluke. (d.) An inlet of water from the sea.
  3. (Fig.) Power; might; strength; puissance; as, the secular arm.

To whom is the arm of the Lord revealed? Isa. liii. 1. 4. (Mil.) (a.) A branch of the military service; as, the cavalry arm. (b.) A weapon of offense or defense; an instrument of warfare;—commonly in the pl. See ARMS. To work at arms' length, to work awkwardly or disadvantageously.—Stabbing or daggering of arms, a practice of early gallants, who thus obtained blood which they mingled with wine, and then drank to their mistresses. Nares.

Ärm, v. t.

verbtransitive

v. t. [imp. & p. p. ARMED; p. pr. & vb. n. ARMING.] [Lat. & It. armare, Fr. armer, Pr. & Sp. armar, from Lat. arma, pl., arms, q. v.]

Sense 1. To furnish or equip with weapons of offense or defense.

Abraham armed his trained servants. Gen. xiv. 14.

Sense 2. To cover or furnish with a plate, or with whatever will add strength, force, security, or efficiency; as, to arm the hilt of a sword; to arm a hook in angling;—hence, specifically, to fit with an armature, as a loadstone.

Sense 3. (Fig.) To furnish with means of defense; to prepare for resistance; to fortify, in a moral sense.

Arm yourselves . . . with the same mind. 1 Pet. iv. 1.

Sense 4. To take by the arm, or to take up in one's arms. [Obs.]

And make him with our pikes and partisans A grave. Come, arm him. Shak.

Arm your prize; I know you will not lose him. Beau. & Fl.

Sense 5. To furnish with arms or limbs. [Very rare.]

His shoulders broad and strong, Armed long and round. Beau. & Fl.

Ärm, v. i.

verbintransitive

v. i. To be provided with arms, weapons, or means of attack or resistance; to take arms. “'Tis time to arm.” Shak.