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Definition of Arms

Arms

  1. Instruments or weapons of offense or defense.
  2. The deeds or exploits of war; military service or science.
  3. Anything which a man takes in his hand in anger, to strike or assault another with; an aggressive weapon.
  4. The ensigns armorial of a family, consisting of figures and colors borne in shields, banners, etc., as marks of dignity and distinction, and descending from father to son.
  5. The legs of a hawk from the thigh to the foot.

Arms Quotations

No freeman shall be debarred the use of arms.
Thomas Jefferson

Arms discourage and keep the invader and plunderer in awe, and preserve order in the world as well as property... Horrid mischief would ensue were the law-abiding deprived of the use of them.
Thomas Paine

Among the many misdeeds of the British rule in India, history will look upon the act depriving a whole nation of arms as the blackest.
Mahatma Gandhi

Life is a gamble. You can get hurt, but people die in plane crashes, lose their arms and legs in car accidents; people die every day. Same with fighters: some die, some get hurt, some go on. You just don't let yourself believe it will happen to you.
Muhammad Ali

One loves to possess arms, though they hope never to have occasion for them.
Thomas Jefferson
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Arms Translations

arms in French is brachiale
arms in German is Bewaffnung, Waffen, Arme {pl}
arms in Hungarian is fegyver
arms in Italian is armi
arms in Latin is arma
arms in Swedish is armar, mn

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