arm

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  1. noun An upper limb of the human body, connecting the hand and wrist to the shoulder.
  2. noun A part similar to a human arm, such as the forelimb of an animal or a long part projecting from a central support in a machine.
  3. noun Something, such as a sleeve on a garment or a support on a chair, that is designed to cover or support the human arm.
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  • Farthest out on the other arm were the chiefs of Throndhjem, and to them likewise was a large and goodly host And King Svein likewise ranged his host, and his ship laid he over against ye ship of Harald, in the midst of the host, and nighest to him was Earl Fin, and next to him again the Danes ranked all of their host that was bravest and best equipped. —  The Sagas of Olaf Tryggvason and of Harald The Tyrant (Harald Haardraade)
  • Under his arm was a rolled-up banner, which seemed to be the banner of England, but strangely rent and torn; he had a sword in his right hand, and grasped a Bible in his left. —  The Short-story
  • The times labor with new contrivances by which to assist the laborer in his art, and cause iron to do what the arm has been accustomed to perform. —  Aurelian or, Rome in the Third Century
  • Landless swerved, and the blow fell harmlessly; before the arm could be again raised, he caught it, held it with a grasp of steel, and shortened his sword. —  Prisoners of Hope A Tale of Colonial Virginia
  • The other arm was the one by means of which the stones were hoisted. —  The Lighthouse
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hand ·  leg ·  foot ·  finger ·  weapon ·  side ·  line ·  figure ·  force ·  light ·  sword ·  horse

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arm:   arming ·  arms ·  armed
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Etymologies (6)

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  1. Middle English, from Old English earm; see ar- in Indo-European roots.
  2. From Middle English armes, weapons, from Old French, pl. of arme, weapon, from Latin arma, weapons; see ar- in Indo-European roots. V., Middle English armen, from Old French armer, from Latin armāre, from arma.

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  1. from Middle English arm, from Anglo-Saxon earm = Old Northumbrian arm = Old Saxon arm = OFries. erm, arm, Friesic arm = Old Dutch aerm, Dutch arm = Old High German aram, Middle High German G. arm, arm, = Icelandic armr = Swedish Danish arm = Gothic (Moesogothic) arms, arm, = Latin armus, shoulder (usually of a brute), = Greek ἁρμός, joint, shoulder, allied to ἂρθρον, joint, Latin artus, limb, joint; all from √ *ar, fit, join. See arm, and cf. art, art, article, etc.
  2. from arm, n.
  3. from plural arms, from Middle English armes, from Old French armes, plural (singular arme), = Provencal armas = Spanish Portuguese armas (singular arma) = Italian armi (singular arme, sometimes arma), from L. arma (neuter plural, in Middle Latin sometimes used as feminine singular), arms, weapons, properly fittings, equipments; from same source as armus, shoulder, etc.: see arm. Hence alarm, q. v.
  4. from Middle English armen, from Old French armer (F. armer) = Provencal Spanish Portuguese armar = Italian armare, from L. armare, arm, furnish with weapons, from arma, arms: see arm, n.
 

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