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arms 音标拼音: ['ɑrmz] n. 武器,兵种 武器,兵种 arms n 1: weapons considered collectively [ synonym: { weaponry}, { arms}, { implements of war}, { weapons system}, { munition}] 2: the official symbols of a family, state, etc. [ synonym: { coat of arms}, { arms}, { blazon}, { blazonry}] Arms \ Arms\, n. pl. [ OE. armes, F. arme, pl. armes, fr. L. arma, pl., arms, orig. fittings, akin to armus shoulder, and E. arm. See { Arm}, n.] 1. Instruments or weapons of offense or defense. [ 1913 Webster] He lays down his arms, but not his wiles. -- Milton. [ 1913 Webster] Three horses and three goodly suits of arms. -- Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster] 2. The deeds or exploits of war; military service or science. " Arms and the man I sing." -- Dryden. [ 1913 Webster] 3. ( Law) Anything which a man takes in his hand in anger, to strike or assault another with; an aggressive weapon. -- Cowell. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster] 4. ( Her.) The ensigns armorial of a family, consisting of figures and colors borne in shields, banners, etc., as marks of dignity and distinction, and descending from father to son. [ 1913 Webster] 5. ( Falconry) The legs of a hawk from the thigh to the foot. -- Halliwell. [ 1913 Webster] { Bred to arms}, educated to the profession of a soldier. { In arms}, armed for war; in a state of hostility. { Small arms}, portable firearms known as muskets, rifles, carbines, pistols, etc. { A stand of arms}, a complete set for one soldier, as a musket, bayonet, cartridge box and belt; frequently, the musket and bayonet alone. { To arms}! a summons to war or battle. { Under arms}, armed and equipped and in readiness for battle, or for a military parade. [ 1913 Webster] { Arm' s end}, { Arm' s length}, { Arm' s reach}. See under { Arm}. [ 1913 Webster] 107 Moby Thesaurus words for " arms": achievement, alerion, animal charge, annulet, argent, armorial bearings, armory, art of war, azure, bandeau, bar, bar sinister, baton, bearings, bend, bend sinister, billet, blazon, blazonry, bordure, broad arrow, cadency mark, canton, chaplet, charge, chevron, chief, chivalry, coat of arms, cockatrice, coronet, crescent, crest, cross, cross moline, crown, device, difference, differencing, eagle, ermine, ermines, erminites, erminois, escutcheon, falcon, fess, fess point, field, file, flanch, fleur- de- lis, fret, fur, fusil, garland, generalship, griffin, gules, gyron, hatchment, helmet, heraldic device, honor point, impalement, impaling, inescutcheon, knighthood, label, lion, lozenge, mantling, marshaling, martlet, mascle, metal, motto, mullet, nombril point, octofoil, or, ordinary, orle, pale, paly, pean, pheon, purpure, quarter, quartering, rose, sable, saltire, scutcheon, shield, spread eagle, subordinary, tenne, tincture, torse, tressure, unicorn, vair, vert, war, wreath, yaleAutomation Resources Management SystemARMS. Any thing that a man wears for his defence, or takes in his hands, oruses in his anger, to cast at, or strike at another. Co. Litt. 161 b, 162 a; Crompt. Just. P. 65; Cunn. Dict. h. t. 2. The Constitution of the United States, Amendm. art. 2, declares, " that a well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a freestate, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not beinfringed." In Kentucky, a statute " to prevent persons from wearingconcealed arms," has been declared to be unconstitutional; 2 Litt. R. 90; while in Indiana a similar statute has been holden valid and constitutional. 3 Blackf. R. 229. Vide Story, Const. Sec. 1889, 1890 Amer. Citizen, 176; 1Tuck. Black. App. 300 Rawle on Const. 125.
ARMS, heraldry. Signs of arms, or drawings painted on shields, banners, andthe like. The arms of the United States are described in the Resolution ofCongress, of June 20, 1782. Vide Seal of the United States.
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