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A place where arms and instruments of war are deposited for safe keeping.

A frame, generally vertical, for holding small arms.

or up to the age limit. In equipment the organization of the army is into the three great arms of infantry, cavalry, and artillery, together with more or less numerous other branches, such as engineers, medical corps, etc., besides the staff organizations such as those of the pay and subsistence departments.…

es, to take the field for war; also, the body of vassals called or liable to be called to arms, as in ancient France.

A public establishment for the storage, or for the manufacture and storage, of arms and all military equipments, whether for land or naval service.

ince; it being the case that. As the population of Scotland had been generally trained to arms . . . they were not indifferently prepared. Sir W. Scott. [See Synonym under Because.]

racterized by assumption; making unwarranted claims. -- As*sump"tive*ly, adv. Assumptive arms (Her.), originally, arms which a person had a right to assume, in consequence of an exploit; now, those assumed without sanction of the Heralds' College. Percy Smith.

A genus of ophiurans having the arms much branched.

To fall upon with force; to assail, as with force and arms; to assault. "Attack their lines." Dryden.

A additional charge to a coat of arms, given as a mark of honor. Cussans.

truth, or right reason; unreasonable or unreasonably; perverse or perversely. Or by her charms Draws him awry, enslaved. Milton. Nothing more awry from the law of God and nature than that a woman should give laws to men. Milton.

us; relating to or given to reveling and drunkenness. Even bacchanalian madness has its charms. Cowper.

Toward the back; toward the rear; as, to throw the arms backward.

all; -- often used collectively; as, powder and ball. Spherical balls for the smaller firearms are commonly called bullets.

A bearing in coats of arms, representing one or more balls, which are denominated bezants, plates, etc., according to color.

Incapable of being penetrated by balls from firearms.

r Lord Baltimore, because its colors (black and orange red) are like those of his coat of arms; -- called also golden robin.

Defensive armor formerly worn by a man at arms.

heel. The water flows into a vertical tube and gushes from apertures in hollow horizontal arms, causing the machine to revolve on its axis.

. [Eng.] Goldsmith. Basket fish (Zoöl.), an ophiuran of the genus Astrophyton, having the arms much branched. See Astrophyton. -- Basket hilt, a hilt with a covering wrought like basketwork to protect the hand. Hudibras. Hence, Baskethilted, a. -- Basket work, work consisting of plaited osiers or twigs. -- Basket wo…