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Arm \Arm\, n. [See {Arms}.] (Mil.)
(a) A branch of the military service; as, the cavalry arm
was made efficient.
(b) A weapon of offense or defense; an instrument of
warfare; -- commonly in the pl.
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Arm \Arm\, v. i.
To provide one's self with arms, weapons, or means of attack
or resistance; to take arms. " 'Tis time to arm." --Shak.
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Arm \Arm\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Armed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Arming}.] [OE. armen, F. armer, fr. L. armare, fr. arma,
pl., arms. See {arms}.]
1. To take by the arm; to take up in one's arms. [Obs.]
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And make him with our pikes and partisans
A grave: come, arm him. --Shak.
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Arm your prize;
I know you will not lose him. --Two N. Kins.
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2. To furnish with arms or limbs. [R.]
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His shoulders broad and strong,
Armed long and round. --Beau. & Fl.
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3. To furnish or equip with weapons of offense or defense;
as, to arm soldiers; to arm the country.
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Abram . . . armed his trained servants. --Gen. xiv.
14.
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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.
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5. Fig.: To furnish with means of defense; to prepare for
resistance; to fortify, in a moral sense.
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Arm yourselves . . . with the same mind. --1 Pet.
iv. 1.
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{To arm a magnet}, to fit it with an armature.
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Arm \Arm\, n. [AS. arm, earm; akin to OHG. aram, G., D., Dan., &
Sw. arm, Icel. armr, Goth. arms, L. armus arm, shoulder, and
prob. to Gr. ? joining, joint, shoulder, fr. the root ? to
join, to fit together; cf. Slav. rame. ?. See {Art},
{Article}.]
1. The limb of the human body which extends from the shoulder
to the hand; also, the corresponding limb of a monkey.
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2. Anything resembling an arm; as,
(a) The fore limb of an animal, as of a bear.
(b) A limb, or locomotive or prehensile organ, of an
invertebrate animal.
(c) A branch of a tree.
(d) A slender part of an instrument or machine, projecting
from a trunk, axis, or fulcrum; as, the arm of a
steelyard.
(e) (Naut) The end of a yard; also, the part of an anchor
which ends in the fluke.
(f) An inlet of water from the sea.
(g) A support for the elbow, at the side of a chair, the
end of a sofa, etc.
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3. Fig.: Power; might; strength; support; as, the secular
arm; the arm of the law.
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To whom is the arm of the Lord revealed? --Isa. lii.
1.
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{Arm's end}, the end of the arm; a good distance off.
--Dryden.

{Arm's length}, the length of the arm.

{Arm's reach}, reach of the arm; the distance the arm can
reach.

{To go} (or {walk}) {arm in arm}, to go with the arm or hand
of one linked in the arm of another. "When arm in armwe
went along." --Tennyson.

{To keep at arm's length}, to keep at a distance (literally
or figuratively); not to allow to come into close contact
or familiar intercourse.

{To work at arm's length}, to work disadvantageously.
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