" arms "

[Noun]  | "arm" | \ ˈärm \

1: a human upper limb; especially : the part between the shoulder and the wrist

2: something like or corresponding to an arm: such as

3: the forelimb of a vertebrate

Origin: before 12th century ;

 Middle English, going back to Old English earm, arm, going back to Germanic *arma-, masculine, (whence also Old Frisian erm "arm," Old Saxon arm, Old High German aram, arm, Old Norse armr, Gothic arms), going back to Indo-European *h2orH-mo-, whence also Old Church Slavic ramo shoulder, Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian rȁme, stem rȁmen-, Czech ráměk; a parallel zero-grade *h2r̥H-mó- gives Old Prussian irmo arm, Lithuanian (eastern dialects) ìrmėdė pain from gout, chill, fever (irm- arm + -ėdė eating), Sanskrit īrmá- arm, Avestan arəma-; Latin armus forequarter (of an animal), shoulder probably goes back to *h2erH-mo-;

  * Note : Usually claimed to be a derivative of the verb *h2er- fit, join (see: {arm:3|arm:3})—very plausible semantically—though the Sanskrit and Baltic forms require a second laryngeal (*h2erH-) in the base (cf. Rix et al., Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben, 2. Auflage, Wiesbaden, 2001, where the verbal base is posited without a second laryngeal). Could the suffix be *-H-mo-? The Slavic noun fluctuates in inflection between -mo- and -men- (see: André Vaillant, Grammaire comparée des langues slaves, II:1 [Lyon, 1958], pp. 214-15). According to P. Schrijver, The Reflexes of the Proto-Indo-European Laryngeals in Latin (Amsterdam, 1991), p. 194, Latin armus cannot be traced to *h2r̥H-mo-, which would have yielded *ramus. Regarding Armenian armukn elbow, see: H. K. Martirosyan, Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon, Leiden, 2010, s.v.;

[Noun]  | "arm" 

1: a means (such as a weapon) of offense or defense; especially : firearm

2: a combat branch (as of an army)

3: an organized branch of national defense (such as the navy)

Origin: 13th century ;

 Middle English armes (plural), "weapons, the military profession, heraldic devices," borrowed from Anglo-French, plural of arme "weapon," going back to Latin arma (neuter plural) "implements of war, weapons, equipment," derivative, with a suffix *-mo-, from a presumed verbal base *ar-, going back to Indo-European *h2er- fit, join, whence Greek reduplicated aorist ḗraron "(I) fit together, equipped, fit closely" (from which present tense ararískō, ararískein), ármenos (middle participle) fitting, suited to, and (with suffixed *-smo- giving initial aspiration?) harmós joint, hárma, harmat- chariot, team of horses; Armenian arari "(I) made," aṙnem I make;

  * Note : See also {art:1|art:1}, {arthro-|arthro-}, {article:1|article:1}, {artiodactyl|artiodactyl}.;

[Noun]  | "arms race" 

1: a race between hostile nations to accumulate or develop weapons; broadly : an ever escalating race or competition

Origin: 1921 ;

[Noun]  | "arms deal" 

1: an agreement to buy or sell weapons

[Noun]  | "gen*tle*man-at-arms" | \ ˈjen-tᵊl-mən-at-ˈärmz \

1: one of a military corps of 40 gentlemen who attend the British sovereign on state occasions

Origin: 1583 ;

[Noun]  | "inspection arms" 

1: a position in the manual of arms in which the rifle is held at port arms with the chamber open for inspection; also : a command to assume this position

Origin: circa 1884 ;

 From the command inspection arms!;

[Verb]  | "arm" 

1: to furnish or equip with weapons

2: to furnish with something that strengthens or protects

3: to equip or ready for action or operation

Origin: 13th century ;

 Middle English armen, borrowed from Anglo-French armer, going back to Latin armāre, derivative of arma implements of war, weapons, equipment {mat|arm:3|};

[Noun phrase]  | "call to arms" 

1: a summons to engage in active hostilities

2: a summons, invitation, or appeal to undertake a particular course of action

Origin: 1702 ;

[Noun phrase]  | "coat of arms" 

1: a tabard or surcoat embroidered with armorial bearings

2: heraldic bearings (as of a person) usually depicted on an escutcheon often with accompanying adjuncts (such as a crest, motto, and supporters)

3: a similar symbolic emblem

Origin: 14th century ;

 Middle English cote of armes, translation of Middle French cote d'armes;

[Noun phrase]  | "king of arms" 

1: an officer of arms of the highest rank

Origin: 15th century ;

[Verb]  | "arms" 

[Noun]  | "arms" 

[Noun]  | "arms" 

[Noun]  | "arm" 

[Noun]  | "arm" 

[Noun]  | "man-at-arms" 

[Noun]  | "coat of arms" 

[Noun]  | "men-at-arms" 

[Plural noun]  | "open arms" 

[Phrase]  | "call to arms"