| 单词 | handle arms! |
| 释义 | > as lemmashandle arms! b. transitive. Military. To take hold of (a weapon, etc.), esp. when commanded to do so as part of a drill; spec. to put one's right hand on the muzzle of (one's firearm). Chiefly in imperative, (in later use) esp. in handle arms! Cf. shoulder v. 8. Now rare.Quot. 1621 may be an example of sense 2a. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > drill or training > drill [verb (transitive)] > position weapons charge1509 trailc1550 present1579 recover1594 return1598 handle1621 rest1622 port1625 slope1625 reverse1630 to order arms1678 carry1779 1621 J. Reynolds Triumphs Gods Revenge: 1st Bk. i. i. 5 He onely practiseth..tossing the Pike, handling his Musket, ordering of Ranke and File. 1635 W. Barriffe Mil. Discipline ii. 7 Handle your pikes. 1676 Abridgem. Eng. Mil. Discipline 4 Handle your Primer. Prime your Pan. 1684 R. Howlett School Recreat. 46 Handle your Charger, Gripe fast your Bandilier or Charger, hold it even with the Muzzle. 1684 R. Howlett School Recreat. 48 Handle your Musket..step forward, and lay your Right-hand on the Muzzle. 1773 R. Lambart New Syst. Mil. Discipline iii. 85 Handle the musket as is directed in the second and third motions of the tenth word of command. 1822 Gen. Regulations & Orders for Army 220 To all Field-Officers,..Sentinels are to pay the Compliment of presenting their Arms; to all other Officers they are to carry or handle their Arms. 1853 J. H. Stocqueler Mil. Encycl. 129/1 Handle Arms!..by which the soldier is directed to bring his right hand briskly up to the muzzle of his firelock, with his fingers bent inwards. 1900 J. W. Chapman Present Day Parables 121 The general lifted his voice and addressed them: ‘Twenty-third, handle arms!’ < as lemmas |
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