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A slender part of an instrument or machine, projecting from a trunk, axis, or fulcrum; as, the arm of a steelyard.

An ancient astronomical instrument.

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

Instruments or weapons of offense or defense. He lays down his arms, but not his wiles. Milton. Three horses and three goodly suits of arms. Tennyson.

The adaptation of a composition to voices or instruments for which it was not originally written.

ed Artesium), in France. Artesian wells, wells made by boring into the earth till the instrument reaches water, which, from internal pressure, flows spontaneously like a fountain. They are usually of small diameter and often of great depth.

A distinct portion of an instrument, discourse, literary work, or any other writing, consisting of two or more particulars, or treating of various topics; as, an article in the Constitution. Hence: A clause in a contract, system of regulations, treaty, or the like; a term, condition, or stipulation in a contract; a con…

(a) One who enunciates distinctly. (b) One who prepares and mounts skeletons. (c) An instrument to cure stammering.

The brush or instrument used in sprinkling holy water; an aspergill.

An instrument for the evacuation of the fluid contents of tumors or collections of blood.

An instrument for observing or showing the positions of the stars. It is now disused.

An instrument for comparing the relative amount of the light of stars.

An old astronomical instrument, formed of two cones, on whose surface the constellations were delineated.

An instrument for measuring the evaporation from water, ice, or snow. Brande & C.

An instrument for measuring the rate of evaporation from a moist surface; an evaporometer. Huxley.

One who, or that which, atomizes; esp., an instrument for reducing a liquid to spray for disinfecting, cooling, or perfuming.

Something attached; some adjunct attached to an instrument, machine, or other object; as, a sewing machine attachment (i. e., a device attached to a sewing machine to enable it to do special work, as tucking, etc.).

To tune or put in tune; to make melodious; to adjust, as one sound or musical instrument to another; as, to attune the voice to a harp.

An instrument by which the power of hearing can be gauged and recorded on a scale.

An instrument which, placed against the teeth, conveys sound to the auditory nerve and enables the deaf to hear more or less distinctly; a dentiphone.