ARMING • FREE-TRANSLATOR.COM • Definition of Arming

Add this Dictionary
to your website!
See more options...

/ˈɑrmɪŋ/ Listen

noun

Arming n.

1.

The act of furnishing with, or taking, arms. "The arming was now universal."

2.

(Naut.) 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.

3.

pl. (Naut.) Red dress cloths formerly hung fore and aft outside of a ship's upper works on holidays.

Arming press (Bookbinding), a press for stamping titles and designs on the covers of books.

verb

Arm v. t. (past & past part. armed; pres. part. arming)

1.

To take by the arm; to take up in one's arms. (Obs.) "And make him with our pikes and partisans A grave: come, arm him." "Arm your prize; I know you will not lose him."

2.

To furnish with arms or limbs. (R.) "His shoulders broad and strong, Armed long and round."

3.

To furnish or equip with weapons of offense or defense; as, to arm soldiers; to arm the country. "Abram... armed his trained servants."

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.

5.

Fig.: To furnish with means of defense; to prepare for resistance; to fortify, in a moral sense. "Arm yourselves... with the same mind."

To arm a magnet, to fit it with an armature.

Arm v. i. To provide one's self with arms, weapons, or means of attack or resistance; to take arms. " 'Tis time to arm."

See images of 'Arming'

Etymology of 'Arming'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

Share |

"Arming" Quotes from Famous Books

... braue English Lords, Flesht with French blood, and in their Valours pride, Aboue their Arm'd heads brandishing their swords, As they tryumphing through the Army ride, Finding what prizes Fortune here affords To eu'ry Souldier, and more wistly eyde This gallant prisoner, by his Arming see, Of the great Burbon family ...

— The Battaile of Agincourt • Michael Drayton

... next village, we found the whole place in a hubbub and commotion. The men were arming and collecting horses. We went straight to the post-office to hear the rights of the story; the facts were mainly as I have related them. The excitement appeared to increase as the crowd flocked ...

— Round About the Carpathians • Andrew F. Crosse

... moment, doubts existed among the savages concerning the accuracy of le Bourdon's statement. How was it possible that his bees should tell him where he could find bears? To be sure, bears were the great enemies of bees—this every Indian knew—but could the bees have a faculty of thus arming one enemy against another? These doubts, however, were soon allayed by the sudden appearance of a drove of bears, eight or ten in number, that came waddling out of the woods, driven before the circle of shouting hunters that had been ...

— Oak Openings • James Fenimore Cooper

... not here conclude. "My lady and mother" plainly acquaints the Earl of Worcester and Sir Francis Walsingham that her son had never interfered between their mistress and her subjects, and in return expects the same favor although, by accounts they had received from England, many ships were arming to assist their rebels at La Rochelle. "My lady and mother" advances another step, and declares that Elizabeth by treaty is bound to assist her son against his rebellious subjects; and they expect, at least, that Elizabeth will not only stop these armaments in ...

— The Great Events by Famous Historians, Vol. 1-20 • Various

... forces who were lodged there, and who would naturally come to the aid of his other troops when attacked. She took no thought for the English, having already carefully arranged with Flavy how they should be prevented from cutting off her retreat. The governor provided against any chance of this by arming the boulevard strongly with archers to drive off any advancing force, and also by keeping ready on the Oise a number of covered boats to receive the foot-soldiers in case of ...

— Jeanne d'Arc - Her Life And Death • Mrs.(Margaret) Oliphant

Copyright © 2025 Free-Translator.com