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The act of furnishing with, or taking, arms. The arming was now universal. Macaulay.

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

The business of keeping a baby farm.

Pleasing the mind or senses in a high degree; delighting; fascinating; attractive. How charming is divine philosophy. Milton.

Pertaining to agriculture; devoted to, adapted to, or engaged in, farming; as, farming tools; farming land; a farming community.

A feast or merry-making made by or for a family or business firm on taking possession of a new house or premises. Johnson.

a. & n. from Warm, v. Warming pan, a long-handled covered pan into which live coals are put, -- used for warming beds. Shak.

e harvesting of crops, and the rearing and management of live stock; tillage; husbandry; farming.

To expose to heat, for the purpose of expelling dampness, or of warming; as, to air linen; to air liquors.

An exposure to air, or to a fire, for warming, drying, etc.; as, the airing of linen, or of a room.

A summons to arms, as on the approach of an enemy. Arming to answer in a night alarm. Shak.

Exhibiting the activity and motion of many living beings; swarming; thronged. The Boyne, for a quarter of a mile, was alive with muskets and green boughs. Macaulay.

That allures; attracting; charming; tempting. -- Al*lur"ing*ly, adv. -- Al*lur"ing*ness, n.

water in which another vessel may be heated without scorching its contents; -- used for warming or preparing food or pharmaceutical preparations.

A pan for warming beds. Nares.

Having power to bewitch or fascinate; enchanting; captivating; charming. -- Be*witch"ing*ly, adv. -- Be*witch"ing*ness, n.

The power of bewitching or charming. Shak.

To sit on and cover eggs, as a fowl, for the purpose of warming them and hatching the young; or to sit over and cover young, as a hen her chickens, in order to warm and protect them; hence, to sit quietly, as if brooding. Birds of calm sir brooding on the charmed wave. Milton.

The act of warming or heating; the production of heat in a body by the action of fire, or by communication of heat from other bodies.

or less of the intestines in mammals; the great omentum See Omentum. The caul serves for warming of the lower belly. Ray.