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▪ I. ˈarmless, a.1
[f. arm n.1 + -less.]
Without arm or branch.
c1386Chaucer Monk's T. 213 And saugh an hond armles, that wroot ful fast. 1596R. L[inche] Diella (1877) 74 The crazen tops of armelesse Trees. 1859Lewes Phys. Com. Life II. xii. 382 Progenitors of armless and legless babies.
▪ II. armless, a.2|ˈɑːmlɪs|
[f. arm n.2 + -less.]
Without weapons of offence or defence, unarmed.
a1619Beaum. & Fl. Q. of Corinth iv. iii. (T.) Integrity thus armless seeks her foes. 1661Morgan Sph. Gentry i. vi. 87 We shall find them all armed but the armless Hind. 1870Spurgeon Treas. David Ps. xxxvii. 17 Toothless malice, armless malevolence! |