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armsn. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French armes. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman arms, armys, harmes, Anglo-Norman and Old French, Middle French armes, plural noun (French armes ) armour (c1100; 12th cent. in extended use (compare sense 1)), military equipment (12th cent.), fighting, war (1155), the military profession (second half of the 12th cent.), heraldic charges or devices (second half of the 12th cent.), instances of military prowess (c1170 or earlier), offensive or defensive organs or structures in an animal or plant (late 14th cent.) < classical Latin arma (neuter plural; no singular) weapons, armour, military service, military action, fighting, armed strength, troops, means of attack or defence, tools, implements, equipment, ship's tackle, in post-classical Latin also heraldic insignia (frequently from 13th cent. in British sources) < the same Indo-European base as ancient Greek ἀραρίσκειν to fit together, and as the Indo-European cognates cited at arm n.1; the suffix represents -ma, neuter plural of -mus, suffix forming nouns and adjectives. Compare Old Occitan arma (a1215), Catalan arma (12th cent.), Spanish arma (12th cent.), Portuguese arma (first half of the 12th cent.), Italian arma (last quarter of the 12th cent.), all originally and chiefly in plural. I. In plural form, usually with plural agreement. the mind > attention and judgement > testing > debate, disputation, argument > putting forward for discussion > [noun] > arguments for or against a1250 (?a1200) (Nero) (1952) 26 Eien beoð þe earewen & te ereste armes of lecheries pricches. 1340 (1866) 170 Þe armes of penonce, huerby he may ouercome his y-uo. a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden (St. John's Cambr.) (1865) I. 87 (MED) Her armes and wepene beeþ verray swellynge wittes, gileful aspies. a1425 (Magdalene Coll. Cambr.) (1850) Eph. vi. 11 Armes [c1384 Douce 369(2) Clothe ȝou with the armer of God]. 1646 Sir T. Browne i. iii. 8 Unable to weild the intellectuall armes of reason. View more context for this quotation 1740 24 Jan. (1741) I. 212 A certain Sect, whom I mentioned in my last Paper..turned the Arms of ridicule upon her. 1772 W. Hooper tr. L. S. Mercier I. x. 58 Two worthy citizens, who combat his erroneous opinions with the arms of eloquence and complacency. 1806 T. Jefferson Let. 5 July in (1984) 1165 The imputation was one of those artifices used to despoil an adversary of his most effectual arms. 1872 E. A. Freeman IV. xvii. 90 And had himself fought, perhaps with temporal, certainly with spiritual arms. 1915 E. M. Hulme (rev. ed.) xi. 415 The subtler arms of disputation. 2003 F. E. Peters (2005) vii. 222 Islam's chief medieval theologian..had to take up intellectual arms against them. 2. literal. Frequently with collective force; rarely used with numerals since the 19th cent. society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > [noun] > collective or plural a1275 (?c1200) (Trin. Cambr.) (1955) 131 Fron [read from] þe wode þu micht te faren wid wilis. & wid armes [altered from areues]. c1300 (?c1225) (Cambr.) (1901) 513 Þin armes he haþ & scheld To fiȝte wiþ vpon þe feld. c1384 (Douce 369(2)) (1850) John xviii. 3 He cam with lanternis, and brondis, and armys [L. armis]. 1484 W. Caxton tr. (1926) vi. 81 He ouȝt not to trust al in his armes ne in his strength. ?1506 (new ed.) sig. Ci Your cursed sone..studyeth how he fyrste may the armes and bowes of your myght cutte of. 1650 T. Bayly 97 They were come to search his house for Armes. 1667 Earl of Orrery (1742) 281 To return to Mr. Barry the certificates of the commissioners of array, how many arms the said captains or their soldiers have produced. 1766 J. Trusler I. 25 By arms, we understand those instruments of offence, generally, made use of in war; such as fire-arms, swords, &c. 1810 Duke of Wellington (1836) VI. 23 A corps of 5000 men..had carried away a magazine of arms. 1874 June 243 Patriotic and philanthropic Birmingham has before now supplied arms to the New Zealanders and the Kaffirs. 1920 15 Apr. 1/3 The Turks announced that if the Armenians would surrender their arms..they would be safe. 1962 30 Sept. s19/6 The concern of the Government over the shipments of arms and other cargoes to Cuba. 2011 13 Sept. (Viewspaper section) 4/1 The sale of arms to unpalatable regimes is turning into an ugly stain on the record of the Coalition Government. society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > [noun] > collectively 1643 J. Spielman sig. D3v Nothing is attempted against the life or honour of the Prince; the taking up of Armes, and shooting bullets at him, is in defence of his Majesties person. 1710 mmmmdccviii/2 The remaining 12,500 Arms not already contracted for. 1778 G. Washington Let. 17 May in (1934) XI. 409 General Knox informs me that he gave you directions to send from Albany two thousand Arms with bayonets for the use of this army. 1843 24 June 208/1 The same object in view as all previous measures—to prevent the possession of arms by improper persons. 1870 7 Each lesson in cleaning arms..to occupy half an hour. 1903 XXXIII. 543/1 The cost of the two thousand arms which have been ordered for the Rifle Associations. 1929 Nov. 764/1 Chief officers..fear that if the police carry arms, the criminal may begin to do so also. 1954 R. H. Sanger xii. 158 Smuggling arms, a profitable branch of Arab sea trade, is also largely a thing of the past. 1984 27 Jan. 26/8 Arms had been found inside the prison at least once since the break-out. 2008 21 Oct. a15/4 Laws imposing conditions and qualifications on the commercial sale of arms. 1667 (new ed.) 55 Arms, in the understanding of the Law, is extended to any thing that a man in his anger of fury, takes into his hand to cast at or strike another. [Also in later legal dictionaries.] 3. society > armed hostility > military service > [noun] c1300 St. Martin (Laud) l. 32 in C. Horstmann (1887) 450 Þine Armes ich habbe for-sake, Ich am Iesu cristes knyȝht. a1400 (c1303) R. Mannyng (Harl.) l. 4371 (MED) A wys man, and of body vaylaunt, yn armys was a doghty squyere. a1450 (c1410) H. Lovelich lii. l. 1077 Whanne to harmes that he Cam, He wax A worthy Chevalrows Man. 1489 W. Caxton tr. C. de Pisan i. i. sig. Aj The right honorable offyce of armes & of Chyualrye. 1581 G. Pettie tr. S. Guazzo Pref. sig. j Such as I am (whose profession should chiefely be armes). 1590 E. Spenser i. iv. sig. C8 Young knight what euer that dost armes professe. a1616 W. Shakespeare (1623) ii. i. 44 Since first I follow'd Armes . View more context for this quotation a1618 W. Raleigh (1642) 23 The Common-people..are to be dis-used from the practice of Armes. 1711 R. Steele No. 152. ⁋2 None of these Men of Mechanical Courage have ever made any great Figure in the Profession of Arms. 1771 R. Berenger I. 170 Those persons who professed the science of arms were obliged to learn the art of managing their horses. 1814 W. Scott I. vi. 75 To take up the profession of arms . View more context for this quotation 1892 Sept. 99 The only one among them, who has professed arms, was a soldier at a beautiful time. 1951 D. H. James iii. 119 The profession of arms, previously the privilege of Samurai, was extended to heimin (commoners). 2009 48 49 Gomez Suarez de Figueroa..sailed for Spain..to take up the heroic life of arms. society > armed hostility > armed encounter > contending in battle > [noun] c1325 (c1300) (Calig.) l. 9373 (MED) Þis noblemen..in armes iproued beþ. ?a1425 (c1400) (Titus C.xvi) (1919) 106 (MED) Knyghtes gon to sechen worschipe in armes. a1450 (c1375) G. Chaucer (Tanner 346) (1878) l. 1 Ferse god of armes Mars the rede. 1645 J. Winthrop 6 He..would grant no cessation of Armes. 1660 J. Dryden 5 Worser farre Then Armes, a sullen Intervall of Warre. 1720 J. Ozell et al. tr. R. A. de Vertot I. iv. 261 The State was never more at rest at home than when her Arms were carried abroad. a1780 J. Harris (1781) iii. vi. 324 When Success in Arms has defeated Rivals.., then is it that Nations begin to think of Letters. 1804 Ld. Castlereagh in Marquess Wellesley (1877) 262 Such an alliance will occasion frequent recurrence to arms. 1882 W. Deans cxiv. 595/1 Two envoys..appeared at his headquarters, craving a suspension of arms for ten days. 1950 ‘C. S. Forester’ 147 They were beating to arms, calling the men to their duties from their billets. 2003 (Nexis) 19 Apr. 8 An unrejoicing poem of reluctant duty, ‘sickened’ by the forced recourse to arms. society > armed hostility > war > [noun] > warlike deed(s) a1393 J. Gower (Fairf.) i. l. 2528 (MED) And thus benethe and ek above Al was of armes and of love. c1450 (c1380) G. Chaucer (Fairf. 16) (1878) l. 144 I wol now say yif I kan The Armes and also the man That first came..of Troy Contree. 1485 W. Caxton tr. (1957) 30 [They] made grete chyualryes & dyd grete armes. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis i, in tr. Virgil 201 Arms, and the Man I sing, who, forc'd by Fate, [etc.]. 1844 J. H. Merivale tr. N. Forteguerri in J. H. Merivale II. 142 Then will she oft-times sing of arms and loves. 1906 21 241/2 Chansons de geste are songs of arms and the man. 1975 95 28/2 Virgil sings of arms and the hero in the founding of Rome. 2013 Feb. 91/1 If I were to sing..of arms and the man today, the first thought of most students would be their biceps. 4. society > armed hostility > military equipment > [noun] society > armed hostility > military equipment > armour > [noun] c1325 (c1300) (Calig.) l. 4319 (MED) Þe oþere..slowe & despoylede..& astorede hom mid hor armes [a1400 Trin. Cambr. armere, a1425 Pepys armoure]. c1330 (?a1300) (Auch.) p. 594 (MED) So mani he hadde of armes gere, Vnneþe a cart miȝt hem bere. c1450 (c1400) (1881) l. 188 Armed in stele In armes goode and profitable. 1563 T. Sackville in W. Baldwin et al. (new ed.) Induct. sig. R.iv Lastly stoode Warre in glitteryng armes yclad. 1597 W. Shakespeare iii. ii. 111 Clap their femal ioints, In stiffe vnweildy armes . View more context for this quotation 1650 R. Stapleton tr. F. Strada x. 11 Others that wore Armes which made them unweldier, not so nimble to avoid a hurt. 1657 R. Tomlinson tr. J. de Renou ii. iii. v. 429 Their bellatory arms also were not of steel, but brass. 1715 A. Pope tr. Homer I. ii. 200 Once more refulgent shine in Brazen Arms. 1827 J. Townley in tr. M. Maimonides Notes 358 Their women thought they could not appear more acceptably in the presence of the god of war, than dressed in arms. 1872 Ld. Tennyson 58 These arm'd him in blue arms. 1928 J. Evans tr. G. D. de Gamez i. 36 His arms were a coat, a bassinet with gorget.., leg pieces and a great tilting buckler which had been given him at Cordova. 2009 M. Wickert tr. T. Tasso xvii. 313 They see a new-wrought suit of arms hung high On a huge trunk. 1646 H. Lawrence 142 The holy Ghost prescribes you a remedy, an Armes fitted on purpose. 5. society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > [noun] > armorial bearings or coat of arms c1325 (c1300) (Calig.) l. 1459 (MED) Aruirag vr kinges broþer..dude him on þe kinges armes. ?a1400 (a1338) R. Mannyng (Petyt) ii. 8 Whan William conqueroure..aryued on þis lond, Harald he slouh in stoure..þe lond lese þe armes, changed is þe scheld. c1450 (c1380) G. Chaucer (Fairf. 16) (1878) l. 1331 Al these armes that ther weren That they thus on her cote beren. 1489 W. Caxton tr. C. de Pisan iv. xv. sig. Sjv The lorde in a bataylle myght be knowen by his armes. a1556 N. Udall (?1566) iii. iv. sig. E.iij By the armes of Caleys it is none of myne. 1589 J. Lyly sig. B3 His armes shalbe set on his hearse. 1600 W. Cornwallis I. xxv. sig. O They can finde Titles as fast as Herraldes deuise Armes. 1655 T. Fuller ii. 120 The ancient Armes were assigned to Oxford about this time. 1765 ‘M. A. Porny’ 6 The three lions are the Arms of England, the Fleurs-de-lis those of France. 1794 J. Trusler (ed. 3) II. 31 Heraldry is the science of arms. 1814 W. Scott Diary 12 Aug. in J. G. Lockhart (1837) III. v. 187 He bears the royal arms without any mark of bastardy (his father was a natural son of James V.). 1864 C. Boutell (ed. 3) xiv. 136 The lawful holder of Arms has in them a true estate in fee. 1905 M. C. Rowsell vii. 81 The old heraldic Arms of Man were a ‘ship in her ruff’—a ship with furled sails. ?1955 M. Stewart (1961) xix. 128 The arms of a noble house were wrought about with lilies and griffins. 2003 M. Hook & A. MacGregor (Ashmolean Museum) 35/1 (caption) Leather jug blazoned with the arms of the Joiners' Company of Oxford. society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > [noun] 1489 in T. Dickson (1877) I. 106 To Bwte purcyfant to mak him ane armis. a1593 C. Marlowe (1594) sig. E3 What is thine armes? 1607 E. Topsell 87 This reason why the Romans gaue such an armes. 1749 Dec. 536/2 This arms is only the middle part, there being a circular border of silver also. 1818 J. Logan Descr. East Kirk in in J. Cooper (1888) I. 448 This arms is finely done. A bugle horn and three leaves within a bordure checky. 1869 30 Oct. 18/2 This is..the arms of Harrow town. 1914 C. E. Booth xi. 151 A variation of this arms is that the crown is a King's crown and the field ruby-colored. 2010 A. Corbin et al. in A. Corbin & M. A. Russel iii. 193 The first potter with a royal arms is J.W. Pankhurst & Co. the world > animals > animal body > general parts > [noun] > instruments of defence or offence a1425 Edward, Duke of York (Digby) v. 32 Men beyonde þe see calleth þe neither tusshes of þe boore his armes, or elles his files [Fr. les armes ou limes dou sanglier]. 1651 tr. J. A. Comenius xi. 213 For living creatures whilest they always bear about them their garment, (haires, feathers, shels) and their armes (sharp prickles, horns) what do they bear about them but burdens, and hindrances of divers actions? 1711 J. Addison No. 121. ¶3 That great Variety of Arms with which Nature has differently fortified the Bodies of..Animals, such as Claws, Hoofs and Horns. II. In singular form. 1646 Sir T. Browne To Rdr. sig. a4 The powerfullest arme of reason. View more context for this quotation 1762 E. Gibbon (1796) III. 99 In his attack he employed every arm both of argument and pleasantry. 1891 3 193 Thus he advanced with every arm of the gospel service against the foe. 1934 tr. B. Mussolini in 19 Jan. 12/7 The cause of the Fascist revolution for which we are all ready to fight with every arm in our possession. 1998 M. B. Ross in T. Pfau & R. F. Gleckner 148 When we teach we use every arm in our arsenal to defend against such passivity. society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > [noun] > a particular species of weapon 1843 tr. P. P. Anosov in J. Abbott II. p. lxx Our Poets..generally arm their heroes with Damask Blades, a proof that this kind of arm has long been known in Russia. 1877 29 Dec. 275/4 The Peabody-Henry rifle..is said to be an extraordinarily well-balanced arm, and highly effective. 1889 J. T. Bucknill xxi. 232 The Howell [torpedo]..is inferior only as an arm for a sneak boat, or for a vessel attempting to run a blockade. 1908 (U.S. Navy Dept.) viii. 90 Matches that are open to everybody, provided they shoot with the arm called for in the conditions of the match. 1996 77 358 An examination of whether a sawed-off shotgun was an ‘arm’ under the Second Amendment. 2010 May 19/2 Meet the latest evolution of the hugely popular Taurus Judge... It's a very light, well-balanced arm. Phrases P1. Verbal phrases. a. to bear arms. society > armed hostility > military service > serve as a soldier [verb (intransitive)] c1325 (c1300) (Calig.) 11788 Alle þat armes bere Aȝen þe king in þe worre. 1477 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre (1913) 36 All they that were of age to bere armes shold be redy on the morn erly for to goo..fighte with their enemyes. 1549 W. Thomas f. 103v Candia again rebelled. Against whom a newe armie was prepared..for all theim that shoulde beare armes in that enterprise. a1593 C. Marlowe (1594) sig. H3 Vilde wretch, and why hast thou of all vnkinde, Borne armes against thy brother? 1601 B. Jonson ii. iii. sig. E4 The most fatall & dangerous exploit, that euer I was rang'd in, since I first bore armes. View more context for this quotation 1691 J. Hartcliffe 121 Neither among the old Germans did any one bear Arms until he was honored with a Spear and Target in their State-Assemblys. 1774 Ld. Kames II. ii. ix. 13 In Switzerland..every male who can bear arms is regimented, and subjected to military discipline. 1795 (ed. 3) I. Pref. 7 Bearing arms and resisting the wicked by fighting, they always have counted unlawful. 1824 F. Plowden 153 The removal of all disabilities for Catholics to bear arms. 1889 13 Oct. 4 There is scarcely a large village that has not some memorial of those of its inhabitants who bore arms in the war. 1945 P. Gallico in July 48/2 The gentlest, most decent, tenderhearted and humane men who ever bore arms in organized warfare. 2011 21 May b13/1 The so-called white-feather men who..refuse to bear arms for their country. society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > exhibit armorial bearings [verb (intransitive)] 1442 (Electronic ed.) Parl. Jan. 1442 §32. m. 3 The said carrakes, aryved and entred the port of the isle of Rodes..beryng the armes of the hospitall of Seint John Jerusalem. 1566 W. Painter I. xlv. f. 245v I am for euer hereafter vtterly vnworthy to beare armes, or to haue ye honorable title of a Knight. a1641 R. Montagu (1642) viii. 489 Advanced to the Title of a Lord or Baron; permitted to beare Arms. 1738 F. Wise 27 The Emperor of Germany is sometimes stiled The Eagle, and the King of France The Lilly, from the Arms they bear. 1849 July 33/1 The immediate question to be solved would be, whether his grandfather was entitled to bear arms. 1904 Feb. 442 Edward of Angouléme..probably never bore arms. 2009 K. Coombs in K. Sloan iii. 80/2 Any person bearing arms was by definition ‘gentle’. society > armed hostility > military service > serve as a soldier [verb (intransitive)] society > armed hostility > [verb (intransitive)] > begin hostilities society > armed hostility > attack > attack [verb (transitive)] a1425 (?a1400) G. Chaucer (Hunterian) (1891) l. 7131 Vp it [sc. the vniuersite] stert and armes toke Ayens this fals horrible boke. a1500 (c1425) Andrew of Wyntoun (Nero) ii. l. 1520 Hir douchtyr..Tuk vp armys in hir stede. a1593 C. Marlowe (c1600) sig. C6 The Guise hath taken armes against the King. 1604 W. Shakespeare iii. i. 61 To take Armes against a sea of troubles. View more context for this quotation 1660 tr. M. Amyraut ii. iv. 216 He took up arms for the conservation of his Country. 1702 D. Defoe 8 'Tis such a Jest, such a Banter, to say, we did take up Arms, but we did not kill him. 1709 J. Strype xxxiv. 344 Taking up armes against the invinceable God and Christ. 1769 W. Robertson II. iii. 183 The nobles were obliged to take arms in self-defence. 1855 D. Brewster (new ed.) II. xiv. 2 Newton took up arms in his own cause. 1898 Sept. 203 All the young men of my district took up arms against the king. 1958 14 Sept. 17/4 Taking up arms against the majority of the Irish people. 2013 10 Oct. 34/1 The militias..who had taken up arms against Qaddafi. society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > exhibit armorial bearings [verb (intransitive)] 1563 L. Humphrey i. sig. dviv Who so gaue armes by theyr auncestours, were honoured with that title. 1599 sig. C3 We are gentlemen. Geo. Why sir, so may I sir, although I giue no armes. 1632 (ed. 2) i. i. 11 Charles the fourth the Emperour, gave Armes also vnto learned men. 1664 G. Havers tr. T. Renaudot et al. xcvii. 565 To give Arms was one of the chief rights of Sovereignty, and joyn'd with the power of conferring Knighthood. 1683 J. Dunton 85 Whereas in my time he was counted Goodman Taylor, now he is grown to be a Merchant, or Gentleman, Merchant-Taylor, giving Arms. 1804 M. Noble 198 A more extensive charter of privileges than any preceding Garter, being impowered to visit, correct, and give arms absolutely of himself. 1881 Mar. 760 The pope intended to give arms which should be unlike those of any other potentate. 1943 A. R. Wagner in E. J. Jones p. xiv The writer expresses disapproval of the opinion that heralds can give arms. 2009 A. Ailes in P. R. Coss & C. Tyerman 94 He used the same formula—to ennoble and give arms as a sign of that nobility—in his letters patent. society > armed hostility > [verb (intransitive)] > begin hostilities society > authority > lack of subjection > rebelliousness > insurrection > rise in revolt [verb (intransitive)] 1563 P. Whitehorne tr. Onasander 24 He may seme to be prouoked to rise in armes [It. prender le armi]. a1593 C. Marlowe (1594) sig. C3v Then may we with some colour rise in armes. a1616 W. Shakespeare (1623) iv. i. 93 Hating thee, and rising vp in armes. View more context for this quotation 1648 J. Turner (1829) 68 Argile and the Kirks partie rose in armes everie mothers sonne. 1757 D. Hume II. 353 Applications were made to the gentry and nobility in several counties of England to rise in arms. 1779 H. Swinburne iii. 13 The peasants rose in arms to deliver themselves from the oppression of the nobles. 1810 W. Scott iii. 114 In arms the huts and hamlets rise. 1874 J. R. Green ii. §6. 85 The baronage seized the opportunity to rise in arms. 1943 D. Reitz 57 The Transvaalers rose in arms against Great Britain. 2005 (Nexis) 27 Mar. (Features section) 48 The regime remained jittery, imagining that old republicans would rise in arms. 1568 tr. sig. E.iv They may safelye retire them selues vnto their houses, & there to lay downe their armes. [No corresponding sentence in the French original.] 1579 T. North tr. Plutarch 778 Antonius requested agayne that bothe of them should lay downe armes [Fr. que tous deux..les laissassent]. a1616 W. Shakespeare (1623) ii. i. 345 Before we will lay downe our iust-borne Armes. View more context for this quotation 1647 T. May ii. vi. 115 They cannot lay down Arms, nor rejourn the Parliament to any other place. 1726 tr. J. Cavalier iv. 289 He wou'd not lay down his Arms, saying it was better to die, than to run into the Lion's Mouth. 1776 E. Gibbon I. x. 275 The emperor was made a prisoner, and his astonished troops laid down their arms. 1848 St. John 245 Lay down your arms. 1890 T. F. Tout in F. Y. Powell et al. III. ix. vi. 142 18,000 French soldiers laid down their arms to the raw army that had defeated them at Baylen. 1945 tr. P. J. Goebbels in 23 Feb. 3/4 If the German people lay down their arms, the whole of eastern and south-eastern Europe..would come under Russian occupation. 1976 19 Aug. 14 Zimbabwean Nationalists who patiently tried a negotiated settlement cannot now be expected to lay down arms. 2008 25 Aug. 29/1 Ban Kimoon..requesting all nations at war to lay down their arms. 1569 W. Haywarde tr. A. Guarna sig. D.ij Mine enimies will not withholde them from running vpon thy lordshippe and turne their victorious armes (which God forbid) against thee. 1579 G. Fenton tr. F. Guicciardini xvi. 919 You shal haue good oportunitie to turne your armes against the Lutherans & Infidels. 1622 F. Bacon 163 Hee had turned his Armes upon unarmed and unprovided People. 1654 F. G. tr. ‘G. de Scudéry’ III. 138 That language..moves me to part with my life, and so neither take your part, nor turn Arms against them I command. 1702 H. Maxwell 45 France..made great Offers to the King of Sweden, to induce him to turn his Arms against Germany. 1769 W. Robertson II. iv. 277 He turned his arms against Naples. 1853 C. Merivale i. 5 Should a victorious general dare to turn his arms against his own country. 1872 J. Yeats 180 Albuquerque turned his arms towards Ormuz. 1932 D. Jenness xviii. 282 The Iroquois turned their arms against the Ottawa. 2004 11 Mar. 19 The thugs of Gonaives who turned their arms against him and vowed to kill him. 1580 W. Charke sig. D.vi I would know whether it be vertue or knowledge that cause them in some places to carie letters..: in other places to carrie armes against her Maiestie openly. 1667 Earl of Lauderdale in R. Wodrow (1721) I. ii. ii. 277 All such as have..carried Arms for Our Authority against those in the late Rebellion. a1784 A. Ross Fortunate Shepherd 116 in at Ettle On easy terms I soon agreed to go and carry arms. 1868 (rev. ed.) 242/2 The Boyer Shein..took oath with his troops not to carry arms against Poland during 4 months. 1909 H. S. Williams (new ed.) XII. 202 Scarcely any distinction being made between emigrants who had actually carried arms against France, and those who had merely taken refuge in a foreign land. 2003 (Nexis) 22 May 1 The taped message..said ‘Carry arms against your enemies, the Americans and Jews’. 1590 C. Marlowe sig. G4v An hundred kings by scores wil bid him armes. society > armed hostility > military operations > distribution of troops > [verb (transitive)] > levy or mobilize 1592 tr. F. Du Jon (Rev. xvi. 13) 63 Continually day & night prouoking & calling forth to armes [L. conclamantes arma]. 1596 R. Johnson 125 The ecchoes of siluer Trumpets summoned them to Armes. 1649 J. Milton x. 92 The Inhabitants of Yorkshire and other Counties were call'd to Arms. 1758 E. Spelman tr. Dionysius of Halicarnassus IV. x. 211 The consuls..called all the citizens to arms [Gk. ἐκάλουν τοὺς πολίτας ἅπαντας ἐπὶ τὰ ὅπλα]. 1800 tr. L.-P. Anquetil VIII. 238 A chain of signals..summon all the men to arms [Fr. mettent tous les hommes sous les armes]. 1849 T. B. Macaulay I. ii. 192 Calling the old soldiers of the Commonwealth to arms. 1930 4 Sept. 2/1 The Republican motor caravan calling its party workers to arms against the ‘reawakened’ Democrats. 1965 C. Hibbert i. iv. 50 The bells of the Capitol and Montecitorio summoned them to arms. 2010 C. T. de la Peña v. 171 Calling consumers to arms through local media. 1596 R. Brooke Ep. sig. A2v Assigning Armes, and ensignes of Honour to others not their owne. 1607 T. Ridley 89 Those to whom the Prince hath given power to grant Armes to other. 1680 G. Mackenzie ii. 8 A command given..to the Lyon, King at Arms, to grant Arms, Crest, Crown and Supporters. 1799 G. Chalmers 460 The King, wishing to ampliate his favour towards the baronets, granted them..‘the arms of Ulster’. 1895 A. C. Fox-Davies p. vi Then, as now, these ‘painter-fellows’ encroached, and..purposed to grant, confirm, and assign Arms. 1988 T. Woodcock & J. M. Robinson iii. 41 Segar granted arms, crest, and supporters to..the East India Merchants. 1999 No. 13. 22 Heralds were, on occasion, censured—or even imprisoned—for granting arms to ‘base-born’ individuals. 1614 T. Dale Let. 18 June in R. Hamor (1615) 53 We were very cautious & stood to our arms. 1644 W. Prynne & C. Walker App. 26 Gentlemen, under paine of death stand to your Armes. 1709 R. Steele No. 6. ⁋11 The Intendant had ordered some Companies of Marines,..to stand to their Arms to protect him from Violence. 1821 Ld. Byron (2nd issue) iv. ii. 122 Confusion! Stand to your arms. 1844 364 In case of Alarm, the Guard is immediately to stand to their Arms. 1847 G. R. Gleig 108 No cry of ‘Stand to your arms!’ or other notices expressive of danger near at hand. 1922 E. H. G. Roberts iii. 61 Those who stood to arms in the whizz-banged trench in the cold raw hour of dawn. 1940 29 Oct. 7/6 Gen. de Gaulle said..‘Be prepared. Stand to your arms.’ 2004 23 Mar. 17/5 At 2 a.m. on May 24th, 1915, the Royal Irish were stood to arms near Mouse Trap Farm. society > armed hostility > armed encounter > contending in battle > contend in battle or give battle [verb (intransitive)] > be ready for battle 1690 vi. 42 They Encamped in the fields, close to Shore-sides, and lay on their Arms all that Night. 1710 mmmmdccxv/2 Obliged to halt and lye all Night on their Arms. 1777 J. Greenman Jrnl. 20 Nov. in (1978) 86 Order'd to lay on our arms. 1847 G. R. Gleig 275 The Anglo-Belgian army lay on its arms in the field which its valour had won. 1854 tr. V. Nolte xii. 221 This evening Jackson ordered the entire troops to lie upon their arms. 1922 Feb. 36 He ordered the men to lie on their arms until morning holding their horses in readiness for an attack. 2012 (Nexis) 31 Dec. While Bragg's army lay on its arms, Rosecrans strengthened his position along the Nashville Pike. P2. Phrases with prepositions. society > armed hostility > military organization > signals > [interjection] > call to arms c1330 (?a1300) (1886) l. 832 (MED) To armes, kniȝt and swayn, And swiftly ride ȝe And swiþe! 1485 (Caxton) i. xiii. sig. bij Lordes att armes for here be your enemyes at your hand. a1513 R. Fabyan (1516) I. ccxlv. f. clxviv/2 At Armys at Armys, to harneys to harnes, our enymyes be come. 1596 R. Johnson xiii. 131 The whole Armie with a generall voice cried, to Armes, to Armes. a1616 W. Shakespeare (1623) iii. i. 227 Daul. Father, to Armes! Blanch. Vpon thy wedding day? View more context for this quotation 1695 S. Wesley On Death Mary in 13 With what a generous-Heat His rallying Spirits beat To Arms! 1712 A. Pope Rape of Locke ii, in 370 To Arms! to Arms! the bold Thalestris cries. 1757 T. Gray Ode II i. i, in 14 To arms! cried Mortimer, and couch'd his quiv'ring lance. 1842 T. B. Macaulay Horatius in 55 To arms! To arms! Sir Consul. 1875 H. J. Newbolt v. i. 113 Arthur's Herald. Treason, lords! at arms! 1975 S. Selvon 105 ‘God's blood,’ I cried, ‘they have gone too far this time. To arms!’ 2014 (Nexis) 6 July 32 To arms, to arms, soldiers of the Islamic state, fight, fight. b. in arms. society > armed hostility > military equipment > arming or equipping with weapons > [adverb] c1405 (c1385) G. Chaucer (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 16 Al his hoost in armes hym bisyde. ?1504 S. Hawes sig. cc.viv Whan in armes..He all his ennemyes dyd abiecte. 1598 W. Shakespeare v. ii. 627 Here comes Hector in Armes . View more context for this quotation 1611 1 Macc. xii. 27 Ionathan commaunded his men..to be in armes . View more context for this quotation 1660 S. Pepys 28 Feb. (1970) I. 70 We found..the Militia of the red Regiment in arms. 1719 9 Oct. 2 The Master of a Ship..from Barcelona, confirms the Report..that the Miquilets are in Arms in several Ports of Catalonia. 1792 G. Morris Let. 10 July in T. Jefferson (1990) XXIV. 208 The allied Monarchs are to declare themselves in Arms..against the Revoltés. 1804 J. Barrow vii. 416 (note) Not fewer than forty thousand men had assembled in arms in the province of Canton. 1858 J. A. Froude III. xv. 349 Two thousand men were in arms upon the sandflats towards Deal. 1921 Jan. 155 Fifteen thousand peasants gathered in arms at Tichvin. 2007 R. L. Fanthorpe & P. A. Fanthorpe vii. 118 All who ride in arms with the Great Master are ordained. society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > exhibit armorial bearings [phrase] > quartered with society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > heraldry > herald > [noun] > King of Arms 1466 in J. Raine (1855) II. 278 With all my doghtirs in armes with thair husbandis apon my right syde, and..with all my sones and thair wifes in armes apon my left side. society > armed hostility > military equipment > arming or equipping with weapons > [adverb] 1637 R. Monro i. 33 We mustered sicke and whole neere nine hundred men under Armes. 1689 (single sheet) 2/2 We stood under Arms till Three in the Morning, when sending forth Scouts, they discovered the Enemies were drawn up in Battalia, in Five great Bodies along their Line. 1694 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iii, in 37 Thus, under heavy Arms, the Youth of Rome Their long laborious Marches overcome. 1748 B. Robins & R. Walter iii. x. 407 In this parade, a body of troops..were drawn up under arms. 1777 W. Robertson II. v. 41 In a moment the troops were under arms. 1802 C. James False-alarms, are stratagems of war, frequently made use of to harrass an enemy, by keeping them perpetually under arms. 1855 Convict Discipline: Tasmania 6 in (House of Commons) (1856) 43 He is not aware of any bushrangers or marauder under arms being..at large in the colony. 1861 D. G. Rossetti tr. G. Villani in ii. 197 The whole city got under arms. 1888 ‘R. Boldrewood’ (title) Robbery under arms. 1902 G. S. Whitmore iv. 59 They remained all night under arms, firing at any suspicious object, or replying to any shot directed towards them. 1916 in T. Coates (2000) iii. 108 There had been a robbery under arms..of 250 lb of gelignite. 1998 20 Sept. wk3/1 The Taliban have only about 40,000 men under arms. 2016 @MiloJames2 2 Dec. in twitter.com (accessed 20 Jan. 2020) Politically correct I am not but I did stand under arms in defense of that flag. d. up in arms. society > armed hostility > military operations > distribution of troops > [adverb] > levied or mobilized 1576 A. Golding tr. sig. Eviiv The Protestantes that were vp in armes in other places [L. qui alibi in armis erant]. c1595 Capt. Wyatt in G. F. Warner (1899) 47 On a soden yow shall have all quarters up in armes. 1652 No. 12. 76 The Highlanders stand it out stifly; 2000 are up in Armes. 1690 C. Ness I. 278 All created beings are up in arms to reduce the rebels. 1725 N. Tindal tr. P. Rapin de Thoyras I. i. 45 News was brought the General that the Brigantes were up in arms. 1799 J. Reeves III. 66 The unscientific Sectarists, your friends the Tellurians, were presently up in arms. 1812 G. Crabbe v. 87 Be not a Quixote, ever up in arms To give the guilty and the great alarms. 1879 J. D. Long tr. Virgil x. 321 Ascanius, cooped in by wall and ditch, The Latins up in arms, fights hand to hand. 1922 Feb. 283/2 My host said that Austria would be up in arms, and that Germany would support her against Russia. 1975 17 May 6/1 ‘Hostile’ Mizos have been up in arms for more than a decade. 2013 5 787 Pakistan's Pushtoons are up in arms against the Centre. the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > in the face of or in opposition [phrase] > opposing or resisting a1629 R. Hegge (1663) 39 Both the Sea and the winds were up in armes. 1681 N. Lee 48 My thoughts were up in arms All in a roar, like Seamen in a Storm. 1710 J. Swift (ed. 5) Apol. sig. A7 All the Men of Wit..were immediately up in Arms. 1782 W. Cowper Expostulation in 138 A world is up in arms, and thou..Endur'st the brunt. 1868 J. Bruce in K. Digby Pref. p. xxxii As soon as the facts came to the knowledge of the Admiralty..Buckingham's Secretary was up in arms. 1893 W. Forbes-Mitchell vi. 108 The public-house keepers and brewers were up in arms to raise as much opposition as possible. 1920 June 102/1 All that was feminine in her was up in arms. 2010 4 Apr. nj7/5 His neighbors are up in arms, upset at the scale of the building he has proposed. P3. Noun phrases. a. c1396 in R. W. Chambers & M. Daunt (1931) 233 Richard Langeforde and other mo..comyn With forse & armes. 1437 (Electronic ed.) Parl. Jan. 1437 §14. m. 6 William Pulle..with force and armes in riotouse maner..the house of the said besecher atte Beausey aforesaid breke. 1540 R. Taverner f. 62 [When] the tenant..forstalleth him [sc. the landlord] the weye wyth force and armes..[so] he dare not come..to distreine for his rent. 1670 T. Blount Disseisin is of two sorts, either Simple Disseisin, committed by day without force and arms, Or Disseisin by Force. 1680 in (1880) I. 304 Capt. Phillip Carteret..hath persisted and riotously..with Force and Arms, endeavoured to assert and maintain the same. 1798 J. Wentworth VI. 369 The said T. W...did then and there with force and arms unlawfully make an assault..upon the said E. P. 1889 F. C. Brewster xi. 328 Whenever..the tort was committed without violence, express or implied, the phrase ‘with force and arms’ should be omitted. 1912 149 189/2 In setting out the formal parts of the indictment, the pleader used the stereotyped and unnecessary statement ‘by force and arms’. 1992 13 118 Having failed to get into that party..you..brought along people with force and arms in order to revenge yourself. 2000 M. Lunney & K. Oliphant i. i. 7 If the allegation was that the defendant ‘assaulted the plaintiff with force and arms..’, it could safely be assumed that the harm was inflicted intentionally. b. ?c1430 (c1400) J. Wyclif (1880) 172 (MED) Prestes..beten marketis & entermeten hem of louedaies, holdynge wiþ fors of armes. 1529 T. Paynell tr. v. sig. C.iiv That citie whiche they entende to conquere and take by force of armes. 1571 R. Reynolds f. 144 Determininge by force of armes to recouer the prouinces, and Citties of Affricke. 1625 A. Darcie tr. W. Camden ii. 236 The Queene would reuenge and right herselfe by force of Armes. 1660 H. Adis 11 This Kingdom shall not be set up by force of Arms. 1709 R. Steele No. 17. 1/2 This Author will find..that Obloquy is not repuls'd by the Force of Arms. 1770 83 The Highwayman..thinking he was studying how to illude his demand by force of arms, reiterated it with a volley of oaths. 1835 2 150 It is incumbent on him to proceed immediately to the reduction of the rebels by force of arms. 1889 E. McMurdo III. v. 264 He would not resort to the force of arms to subjugate except as a last resort. 1939 C. Headlam Diary 18 Mar. in S. Ball (1999) iii. 152 I cannot see any stopping the German bid for world hegemony short of stopping it by force of arms. 2011 19 Apr. 11 An impasse which cannot be resolved by force of arms alone. c. c1540 (?a1400) (2002) f. 65 So od men in armys & egur to fight. 1590 C. Marlowe sig. Hv I have a hundred thousand men in armes. 1644 R. Symonds (1859) 71 Another huge large stone, three pictures of men in armes scratcht upon the stone. 1675 No. 1017/1 King Philip the Indian Segamore of those parts, had raised about six hundred Men in Arms. 1712 W. Rogers 174 We all fir'd, some at the Gunner, and others at the Men in Arms in the front of the Church. 1794 J. P. Andrews II. 75 Mahomet had 400,000 men in arms around the city. 1805 3 240/2 A shire is too large a division for brigading together the resident men in arms. 1876 Ld. Tennyson v. i. 139 Have we not broken Wales and Norseland? slain..a mightier man-in-arms Than William. 1923 22 364 Wars and the struggles of men in arms. 2003 18 May (Life Etc. section) 19/3 Malta possessed less than 4,000 men in arms to protect against an Italian invasion. d. right to bear arms. 1629 E. Bolton ii. 24 No man loseth his right to beare Armes..vnlesse hee be attainted in Law. 1663 H. Herbert tr. J. de Silhon i. xii. 67 Them, who have no other Right to bear Arms, than what they receive from th'hands of their Prince. 1752 tr. V.-C. Châlons I. 242 Antiently no prince or gentleman was esteemed to have a right to bear arms, unless he had first been created a knight by the king. 1798 S. E. Brydges I. x. 296 A gentleman..was, a person, whose grandfather, by the father's side, had a right to bear arms. 1833 S. Bentley 45 In the reign of Henry the Sixth..the right to bear arms rendered a man noble. 1871 25 Feb. 166/1 Many families possessed the right to bear arms without the right of using a crest. 1954 37 156/1 Unless she has no brothers and hence is the heiress of the family, she has no right to bear arms. 1999 P. C. Jupp & C. Glittings vii. 189 Every individual who had a right to bear arms was entitled to the ceremonial of a heraldic funeral. 1776 9 People have the right to bear arms for the defence of themselves and the State. 1792 E. Ryves tr. J. V. Delacroix II. 551 The people have a right to bear arms; but no standing armies shall be maintained in time of peace. 1841 E. A. Theller xix. 310 The right to bear arms, and the right of speech, is an American right. 1879 16 Aug. 171/1 Your right to bear arms does not include the right to make a shooting-gallery of another man's private parlor. 1921 Mar. 377 The individual citizen is again demanding the right to bear arms—a right which..the Constitution of the United States declares ‘shall not be infringed’. 1980 14 Dec. nj8/1 Opposition to gun controls based on the constitutional right to bear arms. 2007 19 Sept. 3/3 We need to value our children more than we value our right to bear arms. e. 1702 Ep. Ded. Never was a Call to Arms more Glorious, or a cause more Just. 1760 ii. 188 A sudden Alarm, or call to Arms in the Night, frequently happens. 1832 1 Sept. 562/2 He had heard the last words of M. de Schonen, mentioning a call to arms, and his countenance expressed the most intense anxiety. 1890 Oct. 101 The enthusiastic shouts of the men soon acted as a call to arms to those working within. 1922 J. E. Clarke vii. 142 The call to the great adventure of life is a call to arms. 1970 25 Sept. 11/4 This book would not be true to its subject unless it was also a call to arms. 2005 S. Rushdie 123 The dawn call to prayer was also, on this occasion, a call to arms. g. 1859 21 May 321/3 The Emperor of the French treats the arms of precision lightly, telling his troops that they are only dangerous at a distance. 1859 Oct. 76 Had it not been for these arms of precision.., the result of the recent affair at Montebello might have been widely different. 1933 17 June 10/1 The superiority of arms is greater than it was in favour of the civilised European, but ever since the invention of arms of precision it has been overwhelming. 2000 22 409 The Pathans were not slow to acquire arms of precision..which they soon learned to use with deadly skill. Compounds C1. General attributive in sense 2. 1807 Oct. 960/1 [He] explained, that the Arms Bill had not in view to disarm the great mass of the people, but only those who were rebels. 1895 R. Kipling iv. 30 Into this world sometimes breaks the Anglo-Indian returned from leave... The old arms seller knows and avoids him. 1900 Feb. 46 The gunstocks are to be shipped to an arms firm in New York. 1916 H. J. Newbolt 234 The airmen succeeded in causing fires in the barracks, the arms depot, the munitions factory, and the railway station. 1920 Aug. 170/1 The trade promised lucrative returns..to..those who had the means of..setting up as arms merchants in Masqat. 1935 Oct. 531/1 In ten years he has assembled an arms collection exceeded only by those found in government arsenals. 1942 June 19/1 From scratch Australia has built up an arms industry worth 210 million dollars. 1959 20 July 100/2 Our arms purchase from Russia was a commercial transaction, without strings or conditions. 1962 R. E. Quirk Index 181 Arms shipment to Huerta. 1972 (Council of Europe) 57 A newspaper report of the discovery of an arms cache. 1987 R. R. McCammon i. i. 11 The arms brokers had fed..mad-dog leaders thirsting for power. 1992 29 Dec. a8/3 A whitewasher..condemning Congress for the arms buildup of Saddaam Hussein. 2003 5 Sept. 6/3 The Ministry of Defence is putting £400,000 towards a massive arms fair in East London next week. b. 1832 A. Slade I. xi. 369 They daily filled the arms' bazaar,..equipping themselves with all manner of weapons. 1900 Dec. 534/1 The Arms Bazaar is of interest because of the variety of weapons offered for sale. 2013 July 99 Washington and Tehran are ramping up their cyber-arsenals, built on a black-market digital arms bazaar. 1687 R. Wolley tr. N. Besongne (new ed.) i. xxxiii. 296 Two Semstresses serving by the half year, 60 l. each; Four Arquebuse, or..Arms-Bearers, 400 l. 1794 J. Scott tr. M. Firishtah I. 43 The sultan... with one of his arms-bearers..crossed a small rivulet to observe the numbers and motions of the infidels. 1895 B. E. Fernow in C. M. Depew I. lxxix. 316/1 This chariot carries, besides the king, the charioteer and an arms-bearer. 2011 K. A. Smith (2013) v. 156 As members of an elite corps of spiritual warriors, medieval monks..held themselves to be superior to all lay arms-bearers. 1915 21 Nov. 2 (heading) Charlier..says he had no pecuniary interest in the Belgian arms deal. 1957 23 Nov. 661/2 The recent tendency [of Yemen] to tag along with Egypt and do deals, including an arms deal, with Russia. 2012 (Nexis) 8 Mar. 2 The role played by the Department of Trade and Industry..in SA's R60-billion arms deal in the late 1990s. 1870 27 Jan. 2/7 Gerome's extraordinary painting of the ‘Cairo Arms Dealer’. 1935 13 Feb. 8/5 The British licensing system has cost our manufacturers and arms dealers millions of pounds. 2002 25 Sept. 4/4 [He] has been trying to buy enriched uranium—a key component of nukes—from rogue arms dealers in Africa. 1871 2 Feb. 66/2 We did the Germans of the West injustice last week in our article on the morality of arms-dealing. 1948 18 Sept. 4/7 Illicit arms dealing between the Philippines and Malaya. 2011 R. Donald (2012) 93 He made the money for those jewels from arms dealing. 1903 11 Aug. 2/3 (headline) England removes arms embargo. 1913 27 July 2/2 (heading) [President Wilson] may lift arms embargo. 1965 P. L. Van den Berghe (1970) x. 260 Only in August, 1963, did the United States belatedly approve an arms embargo. 2003 Oct. 323/1 To circumvent the arms embargo, Tešic and his colleagues obtained counterfeit end-user certificates for the weapons. 1879 I. Contents p. xi Gunpowder and Explosives..and Arms Export. 1964 D. Perkins 96 The arms legislation left no choice to the executive but to apply the prohibition on arms export to all nations at war. 2006 13 Oct. 47/1 With arms exports worth £5bn a year, money talked. 1851 5 Dec. 5/1 A number of men attacked the establishment of M. Lepage, the well-known arms manufacturer.., with the object of possessing themselves of the arms. 1939 Oct. 117/1 (advt.) A leading arms manufacturer has found that Tenite makes an ideal gun stock. 2012 29 Oct. 7/1 Documents released under a Freedom of Information request disclose the contacts..[he] had with the multinational arms manufacturer. 1872 Sales Ordnance Stores 204 in (42nd Congr., 2nd Sess.: House of Representatives Rep. 46) I The impression of everybody connected with arms sales..was that everything..was going to France. 1935 11 Mar. 8/1 [He pleaded] that the name of a Honduran public official who got a ‘commission’ from an arms sale be kept secret. 2002 30 Jan. 21/2 A government that is propped up by western oil companies, arms sales, and systemic internal repression. 1898 A. C. Gunter xviii. 201 Yer life would nae be worth a groat if the Spanish Governor General got his clutches on yer wind-pipe, me bra' arms smuggler. 1937 A. Koestler 24 A spy or an arms smuggler or a foreign agent. 2008 9 May 14/2 In theory, a Latvian people trader or a Polish arms smuggler—so long as his convictions are abroad—could walk into a job airside at any British airport. 1895 23 Sept. 816/2 The arms smuggling case..drew near conclusion at Sourabaya. 1949 26 Sept. 49/2 Captain Lie is a key figure in a vast arms-smuggling organization. 2005 Mar. 18/2 (caption) Some 100 US special-operations groups are training armies..to guard porous borders against arms smuggling and terrorist infiltration. 1930 9 June 1/1 (heading) Gangland arms supplier shot; won't ‘squeal’. 1965 Nov. 17/1 How often will we find ourselves in the middle of nuclear rivalry, looked toward as mediator, arms supplier, and guarantor? 2014 E. Kam in A. T. H. Tan ix. 126 China became the main arms supplier to Iran during the 1980s. 1909 12 July 5/1 (heading) Cuban arms supply. 1970 K. R. Pillai ii. 66 A special meeting of the Cabinet was held..to discuss..the Western arms supply to India. 2014 E. Kam in A. T. H. Tan ix. 126 The main problem was the disruption of the arms supply to the Iranian armed forces. 1847 13 Apr. 7 (heading) The arms trade In Ireland. 1920 Aug. 170/2 The whole of Masqat..became deeply steeped in the arms trade. 1978 June 31/2 Reducing the arms trade would require an extraordinary degree of cooperation. 2001 27 Jan. (Personal Finance Q. Review) 15/1 Ethical and environmental matters, such as global warming..the global arms trade,..and child labour. C2. a1593 C. Marlowe tr. Ovid Elegies in C. Marlowe & J. Davies tr. Ovid (c1603) ii. vi. sig. C4v Crowes suruiues armes-bearing Pallas [L. armiferae..Minervae] hate, Whose life nine ages scarce bring out of date. 1639 T. Fuller v. xix. 260 Imploy all their arms-bearing people in their martiall service. 1678 S. Butler iii. i. 9 Upon their sharing In any Prosperous Arms-bearing. 1799 J. Cartwright (ed. 2) iii. ix. 190 Every nation has the inherent right of arms-bearing, on the eternal principle of self-defence. 1875 Mar. 35/2 A remorseless conscription sweeps in the entire arms bearing population. 2013 L. Duggan (title) Armsbearing and the clergy in the history and canon law of western Christianity. 1724 ‘C. Johnson’ (ed. 2) xi. 265 An Arm-Chest full of Gold. 1745 7 Exposing himself..on the Arms Chest, [he] became an easy Mark to be shot at. 1823 Ld. Byron ii. xx. 43 As when the arm-chest held its brighter trust. 2011 A. Konstam & D. Rickman 34 The arms chest was kept safely locked away to prevent mutinies. 1921 21 Apr. The Assembly proposed that an International Office of Arms Control be established. 1961 14 Jan. 109/2 Their preferred term, ‘arms control’, embraces not only disarmament by controlled agreement but also such measures as the banning of nuclear tests. 1985 18 Oct. a16/2 Soviet resistance to new arms-control proposals. 1986 Apr. 21/1 Arms-control delegations continue to meet at the negotiating table in Geneva. 2008 10 Nov. 61/1 Foreign policy was about Europe. It was about arms control. 1922 2 May 9/4 (headline) German arms dump found and lost. 1939 ‘N. Blake’ xi. 168 She knew there was an arms-dump beneath Major Keston's house. 2000 2 June 14/1 Republican Sinn Fein has challenged international arms inspectors to state whether they would ever be prepared to release weapons from IRA arms dumps. 1920 14 Dec. 12/1 (headline) League to ask arms limitation. 1957 I. 453/1 As soon as the arms limitation of the Versailles treaty had been repudiated, Germany embarked upon the creation of a great Luftwaffe. 2011 (Nexis) 16 Dec. Under a new strategic arms limitation treaty..the United States and Russia..pledged to reduce their arsenals to 1,550 warheads each. 1660 (ed. 4) (title page) Faithfully collected by Francis Nower Arms-Painter (and Student in Heraldry). 1731 23 Aug. On Saturday died Mr. William Cannon, an eminent Arms-Painter in Dean-street. 1827 97 ii. 51 One Lilly an armes-painter and pedigree maker. 2009 Apr. 211/1 He even employed genealogists and arms painters in his household. 1771 S. Paterson 4 Two pair of steel arm-racks. 1844 337 To prevent the arm-racks being damaged. 1894 Mar. 481/1 Haversacks and canteens hang by pegs to the sides of the arms rack. 2013 E. S. Phillips xii. 110 I hesitate, then place my rifle in the arms rack. 1921 14 July 1/5 Japan Accepts. Willing to confer on arms reduction, U.S. told. 1991 June 11/2 Soviet aircraft will enjoy a substantial margin of superiority in the future, even if the Soviets comply with the terms of the recent conventional arms reduction treaty. 2002 K. Matinuddin xiii. 246 Ingrained hostility..make confidence-building measures and arms reduction very thorny issues. 1861 28 Mar. 3/1 They provide a drill ground, with the requisite..orderly room, arms store, magazine, &c. 1899 3 Mar. 5/1 A number of artillerymen were removing a quantity of ammunition from one arms-store to another. 2012 (Nexis) 29 Nov. 12 Four dissident republicans were nabbed after a botched raid on an arms store. 1921 4 Sept. 1 (headline) May join arms talks. Belgium and Holland hope for places at conference table. 1956 Feb. 62/1 Future arms talks should take account of India's proposals for an armaments truce. 1989 21 June 7/6 Unless the outcome of the strategic arms talks in Geneva reduces the risk of nuclear war, there will be no treaty. 2010 27 Mar. a7/2 A triumphant presidential news conference about the conclusion of arms talks with Russia. 1944 Apr. 31/1 Remarkable three-prong attack on German arms towns. 1944 95 The attack on Coventry was the forerunner of similar attempts to smash the arms towns. 1950 11 Dec. 1/3 The outlook for the Midlands might not be so grim... The Arms Towns are situated here. 1921 3 Nov. 1 (heading) Expect arms treaty: hostility of Senators to ‘Agreements’ said to be growing. 1952 24 320/1 Roosevelt and Hull..were unwilling..to pledge American support against violation of any arms treaty. 2009 C. W. Henderson (2010) i. iii. 71 If a state were to back out of an arms treaty and create a weapon of mass destruction (WMD), the remaining parties might rush to create a similar weapon. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online June 2022). <  n.a1250 |
