arms
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arms/ɑːmz/
▶plural noun
- 1 weapons; armaments.
- 2 distinctive emblems originally borne on shields in battle and now forming heraldic insignia.
– phrases
a call to arms a call to make ready for fighting.
in arms prepared to fight.
under arms equipped and ready for war or battle.
up in arms protesting vigorously.
a call to arms a call to make ready for fighting.
in arms prepared to fight.
under arms equipped and ready for war or battle.
up in arms protesting vigorously.
– origin ME: from OFr. armes, from L. arma.
'arms' also found in these Oxford entries:
achievement
- alarm
- arabesque
- arm
- arm
- armchair
- armiger
- armourer
- armoury
- arms control
- arms race
- attention
- backflip
- backstroke
- bench press
- blazon
- bordure
- brace
- brachiate
- breakfall
- breaststroke
- brittlestar
- butterfly
- canting arms
- cartridge
- cartwheel
- carver
- centaur
- chesterfield
- clasp
- coat armour
- coat of arms
- College of Arms
- colour
- companion-in-arms
- compass
- comrade
- contrapposto
- corporal
- crab
- crest
- cross
- cuddle
- cuttlefish
- dexter
- difference
- diplegia
- divan
- dive
