arms
nounEtymology
From Middle English armes, from Old French armes, from Latin arma (“weapons”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂er-mo-, a suffixed form of *h₂er- (“to fit together”), hence ultimately cognate with etymology 2.
- derived from *h₂er-mo-✻
- derived from armes
- inherited from armes
Definitions
Weaponry, weapons.
A visual design composed according to heraldic rules, normally displayed upon an…
A visual design composed according to heraldic rules, normally displayed upon an escutcheon and sometimes accompanied by other elements of an achievement
- The arms of England are: gules, three lions passant gardant or.
- The Metropolitan Electric trams bore the three seaxes of the Middlesex arms, with a crown above the shield, on a blue circle.
third-person singular simple present indicative of arm
- If the Duke arms himself for war, the king will not sit by idly!
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plural of arm
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at arms. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at arms. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
9 hops · closes at arms
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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