n. [ F. alarme, It. all' arme to arms ! fr. L. arma, pl., arms. See Arms, and cf. Alarum. ]
Arming to answer in a night alarm. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
Sound an alarm in my holy mountain. Joel ii. 1. [ 1913 Webster ]
Thy palace fill with insults and alarms. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]
Alarm and resentment spread throughout the camp. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]
Alarm bell,
Alarm clock or
watch
Alarm gauge,
Alarm post,
v. t.
Alarmed by rumors of military preparation. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Easily alarmed or disturbed. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Aroused to vigilance; excited by fear of approaching danger; agitated; disturbed;
The white pavilions rose and fell
On the alarmed air. Longfellow. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. In an alarmed manner. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Exciting, or calculated to excite, alarm; causing apprehension of danger;
n.
n. [ Cf. F. alarmiste. ] One prone to sound or excite alarms, especially, needless alarms. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Med.) An antidote against poison; a counterpoison. [ archaic ] [ 1913 Webster + AS ]
a. [ F. anharmonique, fr. Gr.
anharmonic function or
anharmonic ratio
a. [ Pref. anti- + Gr. &unr_; poison. ] (Med.) Antidotal; alexipharmic. [ 1913 Webster ]
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. &unr_; joining, joint, shoulder, fr. the root &unr_; to join, to fit together; cf. Slav. rame. &unr_;. See Art, Article. ]
To whom is the arm of the Lord revealed? Isa. lii. 1. [ 1913 Webster ]
Arm's end,
Arm's length,
Arm's reach,
To go (or
walk)
arm in arm
To keep at arm's length,
To work at arm's length,
n. [ See Arms. ] (Mil.)
v. t.
And make him with our pikes and partisans
A grave: come, arm him. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
Arm your prize;
I know you will not lose him. Two N. Kins. [ 1913 Webster ]
His shoulders broad and strong,
Armed long and round. Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ]
Abram . . . armed his trained servants. Gen. xiv. 14. [ 1913 Webster ]
Arm yourselves . . . with the same mind. 1 Pet. iv. 1. [ 1913 Webster ]
To arm a magnet,
v. i. To provide one's self with arms, weapons, or means of attack or resistance; to take arms. “ 'Tis time to arm.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Sp. armada, L. as if armata (sc. classic fleet), fr. armatus, p. p. of armare. See Arm, v. t. Army. ] A fleet of armed ships; a squadron. Specifically, the Spanish fleet which was sent to assail England,
n.
n.
n.;
n. Armada. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. the final, decisive battle between the forces of good and evil, as foretold in the Apocolypse of Saint John. Also, the site of that battle. Used metaphorically for a vast and decisive conflict, attended by cataclysmic destruction. [ PJC ]
n. [ L. armamenta, pl., utensils, esp. the tackle of a ship, fr. armare to arm: cf. LL. armamentum, F. armement. ]
n. [ L. armamentarium, fr. armamentum: cf. F. armamentaire. ] An armory; a magazine or arsenal. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. armatura, fr. armare to arm: cf. F. armature. See Arm, v. t., Armor. ]
n.
n. A chair with arms to support the elbows or forearms. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]
a.
A distemper eminently armed from heaven. De Foe. [ 1913 Webster ]
Armed at all points (Blazoning),
Armed en flute. (Naut.)
Armed magnet,
Armed neutrality.
n.
a. [ Cf. F. Arménien, L. Armenias, fr. Armenia. ] Of or pertaining to Armenia. [ 1913 Webster ]
Armenian bole,
Armenian stone.
n.
n.
n. [ F., dim. of arme arm, or corrupted for healmet helmet. ] A kind of helmet worn in the 14th, 15th, and 16th centuries. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.;
a. With gaunt or slender legs. (?) “An armgaunt steed.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
☞ This word is peculiar to Shakespeare. Its meaning has not yet been satisfactorily explained. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Great as a man's arm. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
A wreath of gold, arm-gret. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Arm + hole. ]
a. [ L. armifer; arma arms + ferre to bear. ] Bearing arms or weapons. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. armiger armor bearer; arma arms + gerere to bear. ] Formerly, an armor bearer, as of a knight, an esquire who bore his shield and rendered other services. In later use, one next in degree to a knight, and entitled to armorial bearings. The term is now superseded by esquire. Jacob. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Bearing arms. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
They belonged to the armigerous part of the population, and were entitled to write themselves Esquire. De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. armilla a bracelet, fr. armus arm: cf. OF. armille. ]
☞ When composed of one ring placed in the plane of the equator for determining the time of the equinoxes, it is called an equinoctial armil; when of two or more rings, one in the plane of the meridian, for observing the solstices, it is called a solstitial armil. Whewell. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n.;
a. [ LL. armillarius, fr. L. armilla arm ring, bracelet, fr. armus arm: cf. F. armillaire. See Arm, n. ] Pertaining to, or resembling, a bracelet or ring; consisting of rings or circles. [ 1913 Webster ]
Armillary sphere,
n.
The arming was now universal. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]
Arming press (Bookbinding),
a. Of or pertaining to Arminius of his followers, or to their doctrines. See note under Arminian, n. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Eccl. Hist.) One who holds the tenets of Arminius, a Dutch divine (b. 1560, d. 1609). [ 1913 Webster ]
The Arminian doctrines are: 1. Conditional election and reprobation, in opposition to absolute predestination. 2. Universal redemption, or that the atonement was made by Christ for all mankind, though none but believers can be partakers of the benefit. 3. That man, in order to exercise true faith, must be regenerated and renewed by the operation of the Holy Spirit, which is the gift of God. 4. That man may resist divine grace. 5. That man may relapse from a state of grace. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The religious doctrines or tenets of the Arminians. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. armipotentia, fr. armipotents. ] Power in arms. [ R. ] Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. armipotents; arma arms + potens powerful, p. pr. of posse to be able. ] Powerful in arms; mighty in battle. [ 1913 Webster ]
The temple stood of Mars armipotent. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]