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An enemy; esp., an American Indian in arms against the whites; -- commonly in the plural. [Colloq.] P. H. Sheridan.

To press closely within the arms; to clasp to the bosom; to embrace. "And huggen me in his arms." Shak.

Moody; whimsical; capricious. Hawthorne. The commons do not abet humorsome, factious arms. Burke.

To make a threatening sound, like the clash of arms; to make a sound as of confused clashing or confusion; to resound. The noise of battle hurtled in the air. Shak. The earthquake sound Hurtling 'death the solid ground. Mrs. Browning.

or steam is used. Hydro-electric machine (Physics), an apparatus invented by Sir William Armstrong of England for generating electricity by the escape of high-pressure steam from a series of jets connected with a strong boiler, in which the steam is produced.

ncy or recollection; to imagine. Condemn'd whole years in absence to deplore, And image charms he must behold no more. Pope.

To join, as two coats of arms on one shield, palewise; hence, to join in honorable mention. Ordered the admission of St. Patrick to the same to be matched and impaled with the blessed Virgin in the honor thereof. Fuller.

shield palewise, or by a vertical line, esp. for the purpose of putting side by side the arms of husband and wife. See Impale, 3.

To put in a state like paradise; to make supremely happy. "Imparadised in one another's arms." Milton.

oin in war, set before him the greatness of the Romans. Bacon. No blown ambition doth our arms incite. Shak.

ame designating the East Indies, also the West Indies. Our king has all the Indies in his arms. Shak.

tions, rank, property, etc. There is so great an inequality in the length of our legs and arms as makes it impossible for us to walk on all four. Ray. Notwithstanding which inequality of number, it was resolved in a council of war to fight the Dutch fleet. Ludlow. Sympathy is rarely strong where there is a great inequa…

Irresistible. "Inevitable charms." Dryden.

To clasp with the arms; to embrace. Noble Banquo, . . . let me infold thee, And hold thee to my heart. Shak.

perplexities; to seduce by artifice; to inveigle; to allure; to entangle. The insnaring charms Of love's soft queen. Glover.

To view and examine officially, as troops, arms, goods offered, work done for the public, etc.; to oversee; to superintend. Sir W. Temple.

Untouched, especially by anything that harms, defiles, or the like; uninjured; undefiled; left complete or entire. Buckle. When all external differences have passed away, one element remains intact, unchanged, -- the everlasting basis of our common nature, the human soul. F. W. Robertson.

Between the arms.

Not violated; uninjured; unhurt; unbroken. His fortune of arms was still inviolate. Bacon.

g wounded, or of receiving injury. Neither vainly hope To be invulnerable in those bright arms. Milton.