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Webster 1913 Edition
Arming
Arm′ing
,Noun.
1.
The act of furnishing with, or taking, arms.
The
arming
was now universal. Macaulay.
2.
(Naut.)
A piece of tallow placed in a cavity at the lower end of a sounding lead, to bring up the sand, shells, etc., of the sea bottom.
Totten.
3.
pl.
(Naut.)
Red dress cloths formerly hung fore and aft outside of a ship’s upper works on holidays.
Arming press
(Bookbinding)
, a press for stamping titles and designs on the covers of books.
Webster 1828 Edition
Arming
'ARMING
,ppr.