long armn.¹

Brit.

/ˌlɒŋ ˈɑːm/, U.S.

/ˈlɑŋ ˌɑrm/,

/ˈlɔŋ ˌɑrm/

Forms: see long adj.¹ and n.¹ and arm n.¹

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: long adj.¹, arm n.¹

Etymology: < long adj.¹ + arm n.¹ In sense 1a probably originally after classical Latin an nescis regibus longas esse manus? (see to have long hands at hand n. Phrases 3j).

a. In singular and plural. Far-reaching power or influence. Frequently as part of an extended metaphor. Cf. to have long hands at hand n. Phrases 3j.

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1560 J. Daus in tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. ccclxxix^v (margin) Kings haue long armes.

1603 H. Crosse Vertues Common-wealth (new ed.) sig. M Wealthy Yeomen, & rich Farmers..haue such long armes, that they claspe many great liuings.

1661 S. Pordage Mundorum Explicatio 267 The long Arm of Humility Hath reach'd them many Fruits of Life's fair Tree.

1702 tr. P. de la Court True Interest Republick Holland & W.-Friesland i. 9 Kings with their long Arms can give heavy blows.

1787 J. Whitaker Mary Queen of Scots Vindicated III. 384 The long arm of Elizabethan tyranny..was able to reach the Bishop behind all his guards.

1821 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Dec. 516/2 When the long arm of power..was shortened, the conscience of some of their officers was roused.

1887 F. M. Peard Madame's Grand-Daughter xiii. 209 You are a fool..if you are setting yourself against madame. Beware! She has a long arm.

1903 San Francisco Chron. 8 Mar. (Sunday Suppl.) 6/3 The long arm of the Czar's Government may reach him even in free America.

1960 Life 7 Mar. 2/1 For years there was not a rumor about its crew's fate, but death has a long arm.

2005 Discover May 23/1 When you buy a song online.., you're dealing with the long arm of digital rights management.

b. the long arm of the law and variants: the (far-reaching, inescapable, or punitive) power and influence of the law, esp. (in later use) as represented by the police; the police force. Cf. the strong arm of —— at strong arm n. 1a.

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1767 Public Advertiser 14 Dec. How difficult..it is even for the Long Arms of the Law to prevent mutual Oppression, Avarice, Ambition and Excess.

1826 G. L. Smyth Monuments & Genii St. Paul's Cathedral & Westm. Abbey II. 524 The tailor pursued him in his retreat with the long arm of the law.

1878 Mag: Story of To-day viii. 74/1 A vigilant police..will arrest him... He will be reached by the long arm of the law.

1931 A. Gibbs New Crusade 78 The long arm of the law, white sleeved,..was raised against the further progress of her vehicle.

1984 Field & Stream Oct. 16/3 I sprinted..up the slope, expecting at any moment to be grasped bodily by the long arm of the law.

2006 J. B. Twitchell Where Men Hide ii. 49 It took some traveling to assemble an audience safely outside the long arm of the law.

c. the long arm of coincidence: the far-reaching power or effect of coincidence.In quot. 1888 with reference to a line of dialogue from C. H. Chambers' play Captain Swift, first performed on 20 June 1888; cf. quot. 1902.

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1888 Pall Mall Gaz. 21 June 5/1 If the author can do anything to shorten what he calls ‘the long arm of coincidence’,..the play will be a very fair specimen of its class.

1902 C. H. Chambers Capt. Swift ii. 29 I'm not safe here. This place is a hornet's nest. The long arm of coincidence has reached after me.

1936 W. S. Maugham Cosmopolitans 213 The long arm of coincidence was about to make a gesture.

1963 A. Huxley Let. 17 Nov. (1969) 964 Talk about the long arm of coincidence! The mail which brought your note..brought..at the same time a letter from Betty Wendel.

2013 H. M. Schor Curious Subj. iii. 91 Until the long arm of coincidence reaches out to save her,..she is outside the world of interest altogether.

2. to make a long arm: to stretch out one's arm; to extend one's reach.

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the world > space > extension in space > extend in space [verb (intransitive)] > reach (to) > reach a great distance

to make a long arm1593

1593 J. Eliot Ortho-epia Gallica ii. vi. 47 Go to, go to, make a long arme.

1599 T. Nashe Lenten Stuffe 42 Ouer that arme of the sea could be made a long arme.

1637 Abp. J. Williams Holy Table vi. 199 Those of either end [of an oval table] must make long arms to reach at their meat.

?a1652 R. Brome Court Begger v. ii. sig. S2 I'le undertake, when he makes a long arme, he shall take a purse twelve skore off.

1766 Scots Mag. July 358/2 This, Sir, was making a long arm, and grasping at a cause, which was not, nor indeed could be before them.

1795 C. Este Journ. Flanders, Brabant, & Germany 155 Making a long arm, he tossed two crowns upon the board.

1854 C. M. Yonge Heartsease I. ii. ii. 146 Rising, and making a long arm, he deposited them on the top of a high wardrobe.

1884 Daily News 26 Jan. 6/2 Monkeys..making long arms..for stray beans or sweetmeats.

1930 L. Charteris Enter Saint i. iv. 19 The Saint made a long arm for the cigarette-box.

1973 ‘B. Mather’ Snowline vii. 83 I made a long arm for the telephone.

2004 S. Shwartz Hostile Takeover (2005) xi. 117 CC made a long arm, anchored herself by wrapping her leg around a table leg, and lunged.

a. An arm of a machine or other object that is long, or longer than another arm.

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society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > parts of machines > other parts > [noun] > other specific parts

armOE

button?1561

running gear1663

relax1676

collar1678

drumhead1698

long arm1717

drum1744

press cloth1745

head1785

absorber1789

bearing plate1794

crown1796

rhodings1805

press box1825

alternator1829

cushion1832

saw tooth1835

shoe1837

keyboard1839

returner1839

cross-head1844

channel shoe1845

baster1846

water port1864

shifter1869

magazine1873

entry port1874

upsetter1875

mechanism1876

tapper1876

tension bar1879

buttonholer1882

take-up1884

auger1886

instrument panel1897

balancer1904

torsion bar1937

powerhead1960

1717 W. Sutherland Britain's Glory: Ship-building Unvail'd 36 The Wing Transum to have a long Arm fore and aft.

1796 Repertory Arts & Manuf. 4 18 Whilst the long arm of the trigger a is perpendicular, the latch c supports the weight of the catch d.

1853 M. Faraday Let. 30 June in P. Day Philosopher's Tree (1999) xii. 181 One of these consisted of a light lever, having its fulcrum on the table, its short arm attached to a pin fixed on a card board..and its long arm projecting as an index of motion.

1993 Harrowsmith Apr. 24c/1 I learned that the long arm is called the blade, and the shorter arm the tongue.

b. A device used as an extension of the arm, as a pole fitted with a hook or shears for lifting or cutting beyond the reach of the unaided arm. rare before 20th cent.Usually in attributive use: see Compounds 2.

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1786 B. Franklin in Wks. (1838) VI. 562 Description of an Instrument for taking down books from high Shelves... ‎ For a remedy, I have lately made the following simple machine, which I call the Long Arm.

1952 W. Granville Dict. Theatr. Terms 113 Long-arm, a long wooden pole used for clearing borders and ceilings, that foul the lines in the flies.

1969 E. H. Pinto Treen 406 Long-arms. The trigger action, long-arm hook,..for removing objects from crowded windows, was a useful and necessary device in Victorian times.

Compounds

attributive designating devices that have a long arm.

C1. In sense 3a.

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1882 Amer. Bell Telephone Co. v. The People's Telephone Co.: Evid. I. 398 It was to operate on the principle of a vibratory long-arm lever.

1897 Nature 28 Jan. 296/1 (table) Long-arm balance.

1911 Ann. Rep. State Superintendent Educ. State Carolina 936 Long Arm Sewing Machine and Attachments.

1952 Ecology 33 465/1 A long-arm balance accurate to one milligram.

2000 P. Vincent Mountain Bike Maintenance 38/1 (caption) Short arm mechs..provide fast, direct shifting, but they are only suitable for smaller gear ratios. Long arm mechs..are commonly found on MTBs.

C2. In sense 3b.

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society > occupation and work > equipment > other specific types of equipment > [noun] > devices for handling objects at a distance

ringer1633

lazybones1785

lazy scissors1836

lazy-tongs1836

glove box1852

manipulator1860

micromanipulator1921

waldo1942

long arm1949

1949 E. Hyams Not in our Stars xiii. 160 The long-arm pruner had tired his arms and shoulders.

1973 Times 14 July 12/1 Gang mowers and long-arm rotary cutters for roadside banks and verges.

1993 Oecologia 96 135/1 200 buds were cut down from each tree using a long-arm pruner.

2010 A. Titchmarsh Growing Fruit 56/3 If you have a very tall tree to contend with, you might need long-arm loppers.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	long arm
释义	long armn.¹ Brit. /ˌlɒŋ ˈɑːm/, U.S. /ˈlɑŋ ˌɑrm/, /ˈlɔŋ ˌɑrm/ Forms: see long adj.¹ and n.¹ and arm n.¹ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: long adj.¹, arm n.¹ Etymology: < long adj.¹ + arm n.¹ In sense 1a probably originally after classical Latin an nescis regibus longas esse manus? (see to have long hands at hand n. Phrases 3j). 1. a. In singular and plural. Far-reaching power or influence. Frequently as part of an extended metaphor. Cf. to have long hands at hand n. Phrases 3j. ΚΠ 1560 J. Daus in tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. ccclxxix^v (margin) Kings haue long armes. 1603 H. Crosse Vertues Common-wealth (new ed.) sig. M Wealthy Yeomen, & rich Farmers..haue such long armes, that they claspe many great liuings. 1661 S. Pordage Mundorum Explicatio 267 The long Arm of Humility Hath reach'd them many Fruits of Life's fair Tree. 1702 tr. P. de la Court True Interest Republick Holland & W.-Friesland i. 9 Kings with their long Arms can give heavy blows. 1787 J. Whitaker Mary Queen of Scots Vindicated III. 384 The long arm of Elizabethan tyranny..was able to reach the Bishop behind all his guards. 1821 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Dec. 516/2 When the long arm of power..was shortened, the conscience of some of their officers was roused. 1887 F. M. Peard Madame's Grand-Daughter xiii. 209 You are a fool..if you are setting yourself against madame. Beware! She has a long arm. 1903 San Francisco Chron. 8 Mar. (Sunday Suppl.) 6/3 The long arm of the Czar's Government may reach him even in free America. 1960 Life 7 Mar. 2/1 For years there was not a rumor about its crew's fate, but death has a long arm. 2005 Discover May 23/1 When you buy a song online.., you're dealing with the long arm of digital rights management. b. the long arm of the law and variants: the (far-reaching, inescapable, or punitive) power and influence of the law, esp. (in later use) as represented by the police; the police force. Cf. the strong arm of —— at strong arm n. 1a. ΚΠ 1767 Public Advertiser 14 Dec. How difficult..it is even for the Long Arms of the Law to prevent mutual Oppression, Avarice, Ambition and Excess. 1826 G. L. Smyth Monuments & Genii St. Paul's Cathedral & Westm. Abbey II. 524 The tailor pursued him in his retreat with the long arm of the law. 1878 Mag: Story of To-day viii. 74/1 A vigilant police..will arrest him... He will be reached by the long arm of the law. 1931 A. Gibbs New Crusade 78 The long arm of the law, white sleeved,..was raised against the further progress of her vehicle. 1984 Field & Stream Oct. 16/3 I sprinted..up the slope, expecting at any moment to be grasped bodily by the long arm of the law. 2006 J. B. Twitchell Where Men Hide ii. 49 It took some traveling to assemble an audience safely outside the long arm of the law. c. the long arm of coincidence: the far-reaching power or effect of coincidence.In quot. 1888 with reference to a line of dialogue from C. H. Chambers' play Captain Swift, first performed on 20 June 1888; cf. quot. 1902. ΚΠ 1888 Pall Mall Gaz. 21 June 5/1 If the author can do anything to shorten what he calls ‘the long arm of coincidence’,..the play will be a very fair specimen of its class. 1902 C. H. Chambers Capt. Swift ii. 29 I'm not safe here. This place is a hornet's nest. The long arm of coincidence has reached after me. 1936 W. S. Maugham Cosmopolitans 213 The long arm of coincidence was about to make a gesture. 1963 A. Huxley Let. 17 Nov. (1969) 964 Talk about the long arm of coincidence! The mail which brought your note..brought..at the same time a letter from Betty Wendel. 2013 H. M. Schor Curious Subj. iii. 91 Until the long arm of coincidence reaches out to save her,..she is outside the world of interest altogether. 2. to make a long arm: to stretch out one's arm; to extend one's reach. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > extend in space [verb (intransitive)] > reach (to) > reach a great distance to make a long arm1593 1593 J. Eliot Ortho-epia Gallica ii. vi. 47 Go to, go to, make a long arme. 1599 T. Nashe Lenten Stuffe 42 Ouer that arme of the sea could be made a long arme. 1637 Abp. J. Williams Holy Table vi. 199 Those of either end [of an oval table] must make long arms to reach at their meat. ?a1652 R. Brome Court Begger v. ii. sig. S2 I'le undertake, when he makes a long arme, he shall take a purse twelve skore off. 1766 Scots Mag. July 358/2 This, Sir, was making a long arm, and grasping at a cause, which was not, nor indeed could be before them. 1795 C. Este Journ. Flanders, Brabant, & Germany 155 Making a long arm, he tossed two crowns upon the board. 1854 C. M. Yonge Heartsease I. ii. ii. 146 Rising, and making a long arm, he deposited them on the top of a high wardrobe. 1884 Daily News 26 Jan. 6/2 Monkeys..making long arms..for stray beans or sweetmeats. 1930 L. Charteris Enter Saint i. iv. 19 The Saint made a long arm for the cigarette-box. 1973 ‘B. Mather’ Snowline vii. 83 I made a long arm for the telephone. 2004 S. Shwartz Hostile Takeover (2005) xi. 117 CC made a long arm, anchored herself by wrapping her leg around a table leg, and lunged. 3. a. An arm of a machine or other object that is long, or longer than another arm. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > parts of machines > other parts > [noun] > other specific parts armOE button?1561 running gear1663 relax1676 collar1678 drumhead1698 long arm1717 drum1744 press cloth1745 head1785 absorber1789 bearing plate1794 crown1796 rhodings1805 press box1825 alternator1829 cushion1832 saw tooth1835 shoe1837 keyboard1839 returner1839 cross-head1844 channel shoe1845 baster1846 water port1864 shifter1869 magazine1873 entry port1874 upsetter1875 mechanism1876 tapper1876 tension bar1879 buttonholer1882 take-up1884 auger1886 instrument panel1897 balancer1904 torsion bar1937 powerhead1960 1717 W. Sutherland Britain's Glory: Ship-building Unvail'd 36 The Wing Transum to have a long Arm fore and aft. 1796 Repertory Arts & Manuf. 4 18 Whilst the long arm of the trigger a is perpendicular, the latch c supports the weight of the catch d. 1853 M. Faraday Let. 30 June in P. Day Philosopher's Tree (1999) xii. 181 One of these consisted of a light lever, having its fulcrum on the table, its short arm attached to a pin fixed on a card board..and its long arm projecting as an index of motion. 1993 Harrowsmith Apr. 24c/1 I learned that the long arm is called the blade, and the shorter arm the tongue. b. A device used as an extension of the arm, as a pole fitted with a hook or shears for lifting or cutting beyond the reach of the unaided arm. rare before 20th cent.Usually in attributive use: see Compounds 2. ΚΠ 1786 B. Franklin in Wks. (1838) VI. 562 Description of an Instrument for taking down books from high Shelves... ‎ For a remedy, I have lately made the following simple machine, which I call the Long Arm. 1952 W. Granville Dict. Theatr. Terms 113 Long-arm, a long wooden pole used for clearing borders and ceilings, that foul the lines in the flies. 1969 E. H. Pinto Treen 406 Long-arms. The trigger action, long-arm hook,..for removing objects from crowded windows, was a useful and necessary device in Victorian times. Compounds attributive designating devices that have a long arm. C1. In sense 3a. ΚΠ 1882 Amer. Bell Telephone Co. v. The People's Telephone Co.: Evid. I. 398 It was to operate on the principle of a vibratory long-arm lever. 1897 Nature 28 Jan. 296/1 (table) Long-arm balance. 1911 Ann. Rep. State Superintendent Educ. State Carolina 936 Long Arm Sewing Machine and Attachments. 1952 Ecology 33 465/1 A long-arm balance accurate to one milligram. 2000 P. Vincent Mountain Bike Maintenance 38/1 (caption) Short arm mechs..provide fast, direct shifting, but they are only suitable for smaller gear ratios. Long arm mechs..are commonly found on MTBs. C2. In sense 3b. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > other specific types of equipment > [noun] > devices for handling objects at a distance ringer1633 lazybones1785 lazy scissors1836 lazy-tongs1836 glove box1852 manipulator1860 micromanipulator1921 waldo1942 long arm1949 1949 E. Hyams Not in our Stars xiii. 160 The long-arm pruner had tired his arms and shoulders. 1973 Times 14 July 12/1 Gang mowers and long-arm rotary cutters for roadside banks and verges. 1993 Oecologia 96 135/1 200 buds were cut down from each tree using a long-arm pruner. 2010 A. Titchmarsh Growing Fruit 56/3 If you have a very tall tree to contend with, you might need long-arm loppers. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). long armn.² Brit. /ˌlɒŋ ˈɑːm/, U.S. /ˈlɔŋ ˈˌɑrm/, /ˈlɑŋ ˈˌɑrm/ Forms: see long adj.¹ and n.¹ and arms n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: long adj.¹, English arm , arms n. Etymology: < long adj.¹ + arm, singular of arms n. Compare firearm n., small arms n. rare before 19th cent. Now historical. A long-barrelled gun, as a musket or rifle. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > small-arm > [noun] > other small arms long gun1530 currier1558 crabut1626 long arm1675 bullet-guna1701 hand cannon1752 wall-gun1812 walking-stick gun1823 shoulder gun1824 safety gun1825 gas gun1856 self-cocker1857 bolt action1871 snap action gun1875 saddle gun1886 multibarrel1899 dane gun1900 clip-loader1901 pump-action1923 sleeve gun1944 laser gun1961 phaser1966 magnum1970 1675 in J. H. Trumbull Public Rec. Colony Connecticut (1852) II. 270 Such Troopers as shall neglect to prouide themselues with long armes, viz. a carbin or muskett..shall be disbanded. 1854 J. J. Thompson Hist. Feud between Hill & Evans Parties xi. 86 ‘Why don't you take long arms then?’ ‘Because I can use short arms better.’ 1972 D. W. Bailey Brit. Mil. Longarms 1815–65 9 The barrels of military longarms were officially ‘browned’ from 1815. 2011 A. Ewert in D. Shideler Gun Digest 2012 90/1 Undeniably, this three-lives long arm had some interesting history. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.¹1560n.²1675
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Compounds

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