Definition of arms

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Arms (n.) Anything which a man takes in his hand in anger, to strike or assault another with; an aggressive weapon..

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Swarm :: Swarm (v. i.) To climb a tree, pole, or the like, by embracing it with the arms and legs alternately. See Shin..
Weaponed :: Weaponed (a.) Furnished with weapons, or arms; armed; equipped..
Clarencieux :: Clarencieux (n.) See King-at-arms.
Courant :: Courant (a.) Represented as running; -- said of a beast borne in a coat of arms.
Timbre :: Timbre (n.) The crest on a coat of arms.
Rebus :: Rebus (n.) A pictorial suggestion on a coat of arms of the name of the person to whom it belongs. See Canting arms, under Canting..
Spar :: Spar (v. i.) To use the fists and arms scientifically in attack or defense; to contend or combat with the fists, as for exercise or amusement; to box..
Armorer :: Armorer (n.) Formerly, one who had care of the arms and armor of a knight, and who dressed him in armor..
Attack :: Attack (v. t.) To fall upon with force; to assail, as with force and arms; to assault..
Heriot :: Heriot (n.) Formerly, a payment or tribute of arms or military accouterments, or the best beast, or chattel, due to the lord on the death of a tenant; in modern use, a customary tribute of goods or chattels to the lord of the fee, paid on the decease of a tenant..
Farmsteading :: Farmsteading (n.) A farmstead.
Armament :: Armament (n.) All the cannon and small arms collectively, with their equipments, belonging to a ship or a fortification..
Upswarm :: Upswarm (v. i. & i.) To rise, or cause to rise, in a swarm or swarms..
Shank :: Shank (v.) The middle part of an anchor, or that part which is between the ring and the arms..
Rougecroix :: Rougecroix (n.) One of the four pursuivants of the English college of arms.
Port :: Port (v. t.) To throw, as a musket, diagonally across the body, with the lock in front, the right hand grasping the small of the stock, and the barrel sloping upward and crossing the point of the left shoulder; as, to port arms..
Grasp :: Grasp (n.) Reach of the arms; hence, the power of seizing and holding; as, it was beyond his grasp..
Cape :: Cape (n.) A sleeveless garment or part of a garment, hanging from the neck over the back, arms, and shoulders, but not reaching below the hips. See Cloak..
Recipiangle :: Recipiangle (n.) An instrument with two arms that are pivoted together at one end, and a graduated arc, -- used by military engineers for measuring and laying off angles of fortifications..
Tabouret :: Tabouret (n.) A seat without arms or back, cushioned and stuffed: a high stool; -- so called from its resemblance to a drum..
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