ARMS
WordNet
noun
(1) The official symbols of a family, state, etc.
(2) Weapons considered collectively
WiktionaryText
Etymology 1
From < , from *armi- or *arma-, from , a suffixed form of . Cognates to Avestan and Old Persian .
Noun
arms
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- We laid down on the snowbank and moved our arms up and down to make snow angels.
Noun
arms
- Weapons.
- 1883: Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island
- The next thing I laid hold of was a brace of pistols, and as I already had a powder horn and bullets, I felt myself well supplied with arms.
- 1883: Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island
- Synonym for coat of arms.
- The Duke's arms were a sable gryphon rampant on an argent field.
Verb
arms
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- If the Duke arms himself for war, the king will not sit by idly!