Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The act of taking arms or furnishing with arms: as, an extensive arming of the people.
- n. In heraldry, a coat of arms.
- n. Nautical: A piece of tallow placed in a cavity at the lower end of a sounding-lead to bring up a sample of the sand, mud, etc., of the sea-bottom.
- n. plural A kind of boarding-nettings.
- n. plural Red dress-cloths formerly hung fore and aft outside the upper works on holidays: still used by some nations.
Wiktionary
- v. present participle of arm.
- n. nautical A piece of tallow or soap put in the cavity and over the bottom of a sounding lead to pick up samples of the bottom of the sea.
- n. The act of supplying with arms and ammunition in preparation of a conflict
- n. nautical One of the red dress cloths formerly hung fore and aft outside of a ship's upper works on holidays.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. The act of furnishing with, or taking, arms.
- n. (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.
- n. (Naut.) Red dress cloths formerly hung fore and aft outside of a ship's upper works on holidays.
WordNet 3.0
- n. the act of equiping with weapons in preparation for war
Examples
“And the government has an essential role to play in arming consumers with good information.”
“Syria and Iran partner closely in arming and financing the main Arab groups fighting Israel — Hamas in the Palestinian territories and Hezbollah in Lebanon.”
The Wall Street Journal: U.S. Woos Syria in Mideast Peace Push
“I do think something should be done about MI and FL, but blackmail and strong-arming is exactly what puts off so many of Obama's supporters from supporting Clinton.”
Sources: Clinton, Obama supporters discussing exit strategies
“All of this is contingent on the banks passing these rate cuts on, of course, which might need some strong-arming from the banks new owners: us.”
“The US Army are interested in arming soldiers with weapons that can be switched between lethal and non-lethal modes.”
“Obscuring the role that corruption and ineptitude have played in arming and equipping our foes in the interests of drumming up another war just makes me sick beyond belief.”
“China may not be facing a widespread Olympic boycott for its human rights abuses, and complicity in arming the Sudanese genocide, but that doesn't mean the China gets a pass.”
“Remarkably, no-one seems to be mentioning the role of Russia in arming Iran and the possibility of an independent Israeli response is not being discussed either, although it must still be on the cards.”
“And the first one is simply the thuddingly obvious point that we are, as George has demonstrated, now engaged in arming both sides of a situation where there have been major conflicts in the past and major recent crises that threatened serious violence and conflict.”
Think Progress » Bush Stays the Course on ‘Turning Point’ Rhetoric
“This dreadful exhibition made me feel that probably there was some justification in arming one's self with a club.”
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