Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of taking arms or furnishing with arms: as, an extensive arming of the people.
- noun In heraldry, a coat of arms.
- noun 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.
- noun plural A kind of boarding-nettings.
- noun plural Red dress-cloths formerly hung fore and aft outside the upper works on holidays: still used by some nations.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The act of furnishing with, or taking, arms.
- noun (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.
- noun (Naut.) Red dress cloths formerly hung fore and aft outside of a ship's upper works on holidays.
- noun (Bookbinding) a press for stamping titles and designs on the covers of books.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb Present participle of
arm . - noun nautical A piece of
tallow orsoap put in thecavity and over the bottom of asounding lead to pick up samples of the bottom of the sea. - noun The act of supplying with
arms andammunition in preparation of a conflict - noun nautical One of the red dress cloths formerly hung
fore andaft outside of a ship's upper works onholidays .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the act of equiping with weapons in preparation for war
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Examples
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And the government has an essential role to play in arming consumers with good information.
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Syria and Iran partner closely in arming and financing the main Arab groups fighting Israel — Hamas in the Palestinian territories and Hezbollah in Lebanon.
U.S. Woos Syria in Mideast Peace Push Jay Solomon 2010
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And the government has an essential role to play in arming consumers with good information.
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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.
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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 2008
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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.
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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.
A man with a plan 2008
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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.
Archive 2008-10-01 2008
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The US Army are interested in arming soldiers with weapons that can be switched between lethal and non-lethal modes.
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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.
Playing to the gallery? Richard 2006
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