n. [ F. alarme, It. all' arme to arms ! fr. L. arma, pl., arms. See Arms, and cf. Alarum. ] 1. A summons to arms, as on the approach of an enemy. [ 1913 Webster ]

Arming to answer in a night alarm. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Any sound or information intended to give notice of approaching danger; a warning sound to arouse attention; a warning of danger. [ 1913 Webster ]

Sound an alarm in my holy mountain. Joel ii. 1. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A sudden attack; disturbance; broil. [ R. ] “These home alarms.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thy palace fill with insults and alarms. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Sudden surprise with fear or terror excited by apprehension of danger; in the military use, commonly, sudden apprehension of being attacked by surprise. [ 1913 Webster ]

Alarm and resentment spread throughout the camp. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. A mechanical contrivance for awaking persons from sleep, or rousing their attention; an alarum. [ 1913 Webster ]

Alarm bell, a bell that gives notice on danger. --
Alarm clock or
watch, a clock or watch which can be so set as to ring or strike loudly at a prearranged hour, to wake from sleep, or excite attention. --
Alarm gauge, a contrivance attached to a steam boiler for showing when the pressure of steam is too high, or the water in the boiler too low. --
Alarm post, a place to which troops are to repair in case of an alarm. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Fright; affright; terror; trepidation; apprehension; consternation; dismay; agitation; disquiet; disquietude. -- Alarm, Fright, Terror, Consternation. These words express different degrees of fear at the approach of danger. Fright is fear suddenly excited, producing confusion of the senses, and hence it is unreflecting. Alarm is the hurried agitation of feeling which springs from a sense of immediate and extreme exposure. Terror is agitating and excessive fear, which usually benumbs the faculties. Consternation is overwhelming fear, and carries a notion of powerlessness and amazement. Alarm agitates the feelings; terror disorders the understanding and affects the will; fright seizes on and confuses the sense; consternation takes possession of the soul, and subdues its faculties. See Apprehension. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Alarmed p. pr. & vb. n. Alarming. ] [ Alarm, n. Cf. F. alarmer. ] 1. To call to arms for defense; to give notice to (any one) of approaching danger; to rouse to vigilance and action; to put on the alert. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To keep in excitement; to disturb. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To surprise with apprehension of danger; to fill with anxiety in regard to threatening evil; to excite with sudden fear. [ 1913 Webster ]

Alarmed by rumors of military preparation. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Easily alarmed or disturbed. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Aroused to vigilance; excited by fear of approaching danger; agitated; disturbed; as, an alarmed neighborhood; an alarmed modesty. [ 1913 Webster ]

The white pavilions rose and fell
On the alarmed air. Longfellow. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an alarmed manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Exciting, or calculated to excite, alarm; causing apprehension of danger; as, an alarming crisis or report. -- A*larm"ing*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

n. 1. the act of giving, or tendency to give, needless warnings. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Cf. F. alarmiste. ] One prone to sound or excite alarms, especially, needless alarms. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. & n. [ See Alexipharmic. ] Alexipharmic. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Gr. 'alexifa`rmakos keeping off poison; 'alexein to keep off + fa`rmakon drug, poison: cf. F. alexipharmaque. ] (Med.) Of or relating to an alexipharmic or alexipharmac; warding off poison; antidotal; prophylactic. [ obsolescent ] [ 1913 Webster + AS ]

n. (Med.) An antidote against poison; a counterpoison. [ archaic ] [ 1913 Webster + AS ]

a. [ F. anharmonique, fr. Gr. 'an priv. + &unr_; harmonic. ] (Math.) Not harmonic. [ 1913 Webster ]

The
anharmonic function or
anharmonic ratio of four points abcd on a straight line is the quantity (ac/ad):(bc/bd), where the segments are to be regarded as plus or minus, according to the order of the letters. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. anti- + Gr. &unr_; poison. ] (Med.) Antidotal; alexipharmic. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ AS. arm, earm; akin to OHG. aram, G., D., Dan., & Sw. arm, Icel. armr, Goth. arms, L. armus arm, shoulder, and prob. to Gr. &unr_; joining, joint, shoulder, fr. the root &unr_; to join, to fit together; cf. Slav. rame. &unr_;. See Art, Article. ] 1. The limb of the human body which extends from the shoulder to the hand; also, the corresponding limb of a monkey. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Anything resembling an arm; as, (a) The fore limb of an animal, as of a bear. (b) A limb, or locomotive or prehensile organ, of an invertebrate animal. (c) A branch of a tree. (d) A slender part of an instrument or machine, projecting from a trunk, axis, or fulcrum; as, the arm of a steelyard. (e) (Naut) The end of a yard; also, the part of an anchor which ends in the fluke. (f) An inlet of water from the sea. (g) A support for the elbow, at the side of a chair, the end of a sofa, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Fig.: Power; might; strength; support; as, the secular arm; the arm of the law. [ 1913 Webster ]

To whom is the arm of the Lord revealed? Isa. lii. 1. [ 1913 Webster ]

Arm's end, the end of the arm; a good distance off. Dryden. --
Arm's length, the length of the arm. --
Arm's reach, reach of the arm; the distance the arm can reach. --
To go (or
walk)
arm in arm, to go with the arm or hand of one linked in the arm of another. “When arm in armwe went along.” Tennyson. --
To keep at arm's length, to keep at a distance (literally or figuratively); not to allow to come into close contact or familiar intercourse. --
To work at arm's length, to work disadvantageously. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Arms. ] (Mil.) (a) A branch of the military service; as, the cavalry arm was made efficient. (b) A weapon of offense or defense; an instrument of warfare; -- commonly in the pl. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Armed p. pr. & vb. n. Arming. ] [ OE. armen, F. armer, fr. L. armare, fr. arma, pl., arms. See arms. ] 1. To take by the arm; to take up in one's arms. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

And make him with our pikes and partisans
A grave: come, arm him. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Arm your prize;
I know you will not lose him. Two N. Kins. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To furnish with arms or limbs. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

His shoulders broad and strong,
Armed long and round. Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To furnish or equip with weapons of offense or defense; as, to arm soldiers; to arm the country. [ 1913 Webster ]

Abram . . . armed his trained servants. Gen. xiv. 14. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To cover or furnish with a plate, or with whatever will add strength, force, security, or efficiency; as, to arm the hit of a sword; to arm a hook in angling. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. Fig.: To furnish with means of defense; to prepare for resistance; to fortify, in a moral sense. [ 1913 Webster ]

Arm yourselves . . . with the same mind. 1 Pet. iv. 1. [ 1913 Webster ]

To arm a magnet, to fit it with an armature. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To provide one's self with arms, weapons, or means of attack or resistance; to take arms. “ 'Tis time to arm.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Sp. armada, L. as if armata (sc. classic fleet), fr. armatus, p. p. of armare. See Arm, v. t. Army. ] A fleet of armed ships; a squadron. Specifically, the Spanish fleet which was sent to assail England, a. d. 1558. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. 1 a family comrising the pill bugs.
Syn. -- family Armadillidiidae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. 1 the type genus of the Armadillidiidae.
Syn. -- genus Armadillidium. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n.; pl. Armadillos [ Sp. armadillo, dim. of armado armed, p. p. of armar to arm. So called from being armed with a bony shell. ] (Zool.) (a) Any edentate animal if the family Dasypidæ, peculiar to America. The body and head are incased in an armor composed of small bony plates. The armadillos burrow in the earth, seldom going abroad except at night. When attacked, they curl up into a ball, presenting the armor on all sides. Their flesh is good food. There are several species, one of which (the peba) is found as far north as Texas. See Peba, Poyou, Tatouay. (b) A genus of small isopod Crustacea that can roll themselves into a ball. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Armada. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. the final, decisive battle between the forces of good and evil, as foretold in the Apocolypse of Saint John. Also, the site of that battle. Used metaphorically for a vast and decisive conflict, attended by cataclysmic destruction. [ PJC ]

n. [ L. armamenta, pl., utensils, esp. the tackle of a ship, fr. armare to arm: cf. LL. armamentum, F. armement. ] 1. A body of forces equipped for war; -- used of a land or naval force. “The whole united armament of Greece.” Glover. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Mil. & Nav.) All the cannon and small arms collectively, with their equipments, belonging to a ship or a fortification. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Any equipment for resistance. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. armamentarium, fr. armamentum: cf. F. armamentaire. ] An armory; a magazine or arsenal. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. armatura, fr. armare to arm: cf. F. armature. See Arm, v. t., Armor. ] 1. Armor; whatever is worn or used for the protection and defense of the body, esp. the protective outfit of some animals and plants. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Magnetism) A piece of soft iron used to connect the two poles of a magnet, or electro-magnet, in order to complete the circuit, or to receive and apply the magnetic force. In the ordinary horseshoe magnet, it serves to prevent the dissipation of the magnetic force. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Arch.) Iron bars or framing employed for the consolidation of a building, as in sustaining slender columns, holding up canopies, etc. Oxf. Gloss. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Elec.) That moving part of a dynamo or electric generator in which a current is induced by a moving through a magnetic field, or, in an electric motor, the part through which the applied current moves, thereby generating torque. The armature usually consists of a series of coils or groups of insulated conductors surrounding a core of iron. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. 1. a band worn around arm as identification or to indicate mourning. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. a band worn around the upper arm. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. A chair with arms to support the elbows or forearms. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Furnished with weapons of offense or defense; furnished with the means of security or protection. “And armed host.” Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Furnished with whatever serves to add strength, force, or efficiency. [ 1913 Webster ]

A distemper eminently armed from heaven. De Foe. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Her.) Having horns, beak, talons, etc; -- said of beasts and birds of prey. [ 1913 Webster ]

Armed at all points (Blazoning), completely incased in armor, sometimes described as armed cap-à-pie. Cussans. --
Armed en flute. (Naut.) See under Flute. --
Armed magnet, a magnet provided with an armature. --
Armed neutrality. See under Neutrality. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. a country in the Caucasus, formerly a part of the Soviet Union. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

a. [ Cf. F. Arménien, L. Armenias, fr. Armenia. ] Of or pertaining to Armenia. [ 1913 Webster ]

Armenian bole, a soft clayey earth of a bright red color found in Armenia, Tuscany, etc. --
Armenian stone. (a) The commercial name of lapis lazuli. (b) Emery. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A native or one of the people of Armenia; also, the language of the Armenians. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Eccl. Hist.) An adherent of the Armenian Church, an organization similar in some doctrines and practices to the Greek Church, in others to the Roman Catholic. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. 1 a genus of shrubby or herbaceous low-growing evergreen perennials.
Syn. -- genus Armeria. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ F., dim. of arme arm, or corrupted for healmet helmet. ] A kind of helmet worn in the 14th, 15th, and 16th centuries. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Armfulus As much as the arm can hold. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. With gaunt or slender legs. (?) “An armgaunt steed.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ This word is peculiar to Shakespeare. Its meaning has not yet been satisfactorily explained. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Great as a man's arm. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

A wreath of gold, arm-gret. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Arm + hole. ] 1. The cavity under the shoulder; the armpit. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A hole for the arm in a garment. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. armifer; arma arms + ferre to bear. ] Bearing arms or weapons. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. armiger armor bearer; arma arms + gerere to bear. ] Formerly, an armor bearer, as of a knight, an esquire who bore his shield and rendered other services. In later use, one next in degree to a knight, and entitled to armorial bearings. The term is now superseded by esquire. Jacob. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Bearing arms. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

They belonged to the armigerous part of the population, and were entitled to write themselves Esquire. De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. armilla a bracelet, fr. armus arm: cf. OF. armille. ] 1. A bracelet. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An ancient astronomical instrument. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ When composed of one ring placed in the plane of the equator for determining the time of the equinoxes, it is called an equinoctial armil; when of two or more rings, one in the plane of the meridian, for observing the solstices, it is called a solstitial armil. Whewell. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. E. Armillas L. Armillæ [ L., a bracelet. ] 1. An armil. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) A ring of hair or feathers on the legs. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ LL. armillarius, fr. L. armilla arm ring, bracelet, fr. armus arm: cf. F. armillaire. See Arm, n. ] Pertaining to, or resembling, a bracelet or ring; consisting of rings or circles. [ 1913 Webster ]

Armillary sphere, an ancient astronomical machine composed of an assemblage of rings, all circles of the same sphere, designed to represent the positions of the important circles of the celestial sphere. Nichol. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The act of furnishing with, or taking, arms. [ 1913 Webster ]

The arming was now universal. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Naut.) A piece of tallow placed in a cavity at the lower end of a sounding lead, to bring up the sand, shells, etc., of the sea bottom. Totten. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. pl. (Naut.) Red dress cloths formerly hung fore and aft outside of a ship's upper works on holidays. [ 1913 Webster ]

Arming press (Bookbinding), a press for stamping titles and designs on the covers of books. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to Arminius of his followers, or to their doctrines. See note under Arminian, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Eccl. Hist.) One who holds the tenets of Arminius, a Dutch divine (b. 1560, d. 1609). [ 1913 Webster ]

The Arminian doctrines are: 1. Conditional election and reprobation, in opposition to absolute predestination. 2. Universal redemption, or that the atonement was made by Christ for all mankind, though none but believers can be partakers of the benefit. 3. That man, in order to exercise true faith, must be regenerated and renewed by the operation of the Holy Spirit, which is the gift of God. 4. That man may resist divine grace. 5. That man may relapse from a state of grace. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The religious doctrines or tenets of the Arminians. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. armipotentia, fr. armipotents. ] Power in arms. [ R. ] Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. armipotents; arma arms + potens powerful, p. pr. of posse to be able. ] Powerful in arms; mighty in battle. [ 1913 Webster ]

The temple stood of Mars armipotent. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]