Definition of Arms

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Definition of Arms

Arms

Instruments or weapons of offense or defense.

The deeds or exploits of war; military service or science.

Anything which a man takes in his hand in anger, to strike or assault another with; an aggressive weapon.

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.

The legs of a hawk from the thigh to the foot.

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Arms Quotations

The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government.
Thomas Jefferson

No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms.
Thomas Jefferson

If you go on with this nuclear arms race, all you are going to do is make the rubble bounce.
Winston Churchill

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.
Mohandas 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

I went to the museum where they had all the heads and arms from the statues that are in all the other museums.
Steven Wright

Both oligarch and tyrant mistrust the people, and therefore deprive them of their arms.
Aristotle

The best way to hold a man is in your arms.
Mae West

If God had wanted man to play soccer, he wouldn't have given us arms.
Mike Ditka

Arms in the hands of citizens may be used at individual discretion... in private self-defense.
John Adams

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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