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bras
, branche
, manche
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Definition & Synonyms
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• Arming
- (n.) 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.
- (n.) The act of furnishing with, or taking, arms.
- (n.) Red dress cloths formerly hung fore and aft outside of a ships upper works on holidays.
- (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Arm
Synonyms:
Armament, Equipping,
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• Arm
- (n.) Anything resembling an arm
- (n.) A limb, or locomotive or prehensile organ, of an invertebrate animal.
- (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.
- (n.) The fore limb of an animal, as of a bear.
- (n.) A branch of a tree.
- (n.) A branch of the military service; as, the cavalry arm was made efficient.
- (n.) A weapon of offense or defense; an instrument of warfare; -- commonly in the pl.
- (n.) A support for the elbow, at the side of a chair, the end of a sofa, etc.
- (n.) The end of a yard; also, the part of an anchor which ends in the fluke.
- (v. t.) To furnish with arms or limbs.
- (v. i.) To provide ones self with arms, weapons, or means of attack or resistance; to take arms.
- (v. t.) Fig.: To furnish with means of defense; to prepare for resistance; to fortify, in a moral sense.
- (n.) Fig.: Power; might; strength; support; as, the secular arm; the arm of the law.
- (n.) An inlet of water from the sea.
- (n.) A slender part of an instrument or machine, projecting from a trunk, axis, or fulcrum; as, the arm of a steelyard.
- (v. t.) To take by the arm; to take up in ones arms.
- (n.) The limb of the human body which extends from the shoulder to the hand; also, the corresponding limb of a monkey.
- (v. t.) To furnish or equip with weapons of offense or defense; as, to arm soldiers; to arm the country.
Synonyms:
Branch, Fortify, Gird, Limb, Sleeve, Subdivision, Weapon,
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