English English Dictionary
English English Dictionary
The online English-English dictionary from The Project Gutenberg
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Arm
(n.)
Fig.: Power; might; strength; support; as, the secular arm;
the arm of the law.
Arm
(n.)
A branch of the military service; as, the cavalry arm was made
efficient.
Arm
(n.)
A weapon of offense or defense; an instrument of warfare; --
commonly in the pl.
Arm
(v. i.)
To provide one's self with arms, weapons, or means of
attack or resistance; to take arms.
Arm
(v. t.)
Fig.: To furnish with means of defense; to prepare for
resistance; to fortify, in a moral sense.
Arm
(v. t.)
To take by the arm; to take up in one's arms.
Arm
(v. t.)
To furnish with arms or limbs.
Arm
(v. t.)
To furnish or equip with weapons of offense or defense; as,
to arm soldiers; to arm the country.
Arm
(v. t.)
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.
Arm-gret
(a.)
Great as a man's arm.
Armada
(v. t.)
A fleet of armed ships; a squadron. Specifically, the
Spanish fleet which was sent to assail England, a. d. 1558.
Armadillo
(n.)
A genus of small isopod Crustacea that can roll
themselves into a ball.
Armadillo
(n.)
Any edentate animal if the family Dasypidae, peculiar to
America. The body and head are incased in an armor composed of small
bony plates. The armadillos burrow in the earth, seldom going abroad
except at night. When attacked, they curl up into a ball, presenting
the armor on all sides. Their flesh is good food. There are several
species, one of which (the peba) is found as far north as Texas. See
Peba, Poyou, Tatouay.
Armadillos
(pl. )
of Armadillo
Armado
(n.)
Armada.
Armament
(n.)
Any equipment for resistance.
Armament
(n.)
All the cannon and small arms collectively, with their
equipments, belonging to a ship or a fortification.
Armament
(n.)
A body of forces equipped for war; -- used of a land or
naval force.
Armamentary
(n.)
An armory; a magazine or arsenal.
Armature
(n.)
Iron bars or framing employed for the consolidation of a
building, as in sustaining slender columns, holding up canopies, etc.