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Abounding with charms. "His charmful lyre." Cowley.

Destitute of charms. Swift.

A horseman; a knight; a gallant young man. "Mount, chevaliers; to arms." Shak.

The qualifications or character of knights, as valor, dexterity in arms, courtesy, etc. The glory of our Troy this day doth lie On his fair worth and single chivalry. Shak.

A heavy casting of metal, usually fixed near the gunwale. It has two short horn-shaped arms curving inward, between which ropes or hawsers may pass for towing, mooring, etc.

urrounding; inclosing or being on all sides; encompassing. "The circumambient heaven." J. Armstrong.

les and customs of civilization; to educate; to refine. Yet blest that fate which did his arms dispose Her land to civilize, as to subdue. Dryden

o as to produce a ringing metallic sound. The fierce Caretes . . . clanged their sounding arms. Prior.

See King-at-arms.

from collision; a noisy collision of bodies; a collision. The roll of cannon and clash of arms. Tennyson.

To inclose and hold in the hand or with the arms; to grasp; to embrace.

A device made of wood or metal, having two arms, around which turns may be taken with a line or rope so as to hold securely and yet be readily released. It is bolted by the middle to a deck or mast, etc., or it may be lashed to a rope.

To embrace, hence; to encompass. O . . . that Neptune's arms, who clippeth thee about, Would bear thee from the knowledge of thyself. Shak.

net clutch (Mach.), a clutch in which connection is made by means of bayonets attached to arms sliding on a feathered shaft. The bayonets slide through holes in a crosshead fastened on the shaft.

Same as Coat of arms. See below. Hark, countrymen! either renew the fight, Or tear the lions out of England's coat. Shak.

firearm. At cock, At full cock, with the hammer raised and ready to fire; -- said of firearms, also, jocularly, of one prepared for instant action. -- At half cock. See under Half. -- Cock feather (Archery), the feather of an arrow at right angles to the direction of the cock or notch. Nares.

An inferior groom or lad employed by an esquire to carry the knight's arms and other necessaries. [Written also coistrel.]

rmly attached near its base or, formerly, by means of an envelope of soft metal. In small arms the modern projectile, having a soft core and harder jacket, is subjected to compression throughout the entire cylindrical part.

e. Hence the concoctive powers, with various art, Subdue the cruder aliments to chyle. J. Armstrong.

d in a confederacy; banded together; allied. All the swords In Italy, and her confederate arms, Could not have made this peace. Shak.