| • | The limb of the human body which extends from the shoulder to
   the hand; also, the corresponding limb of a monkey. | 
											
															| • | Anything resembling an arm | 
											
															| • | The fore limb of an animal, as of a bear. | 
											
															| • | A limb, or locomotive or prehensile organ, of an invertebrate
   animal. | 
											
															| • | A branch of a tree. | 
											
															| • | A slender part of an instrument or machine, projecting from a
   trunk, axis, or fulcrum; as, the arm of a steelyard. | 
											
															| • | The end of a yard; also, the part of an anchor which ends in
   the fluke. | 
											
															| • | An inlet of water from the sea. | 
											
															| • | A support for the elbow, at the side of a chair, the end of a
   sofa, etc. | 
											
															| • | Fig.: Power; might; strength; support; as, the secular arm;
   the arm of the law. | 
											
															| • | A branch of the military service; as, the cavalry arm was made
   efficient. | 
											
															| • | A weapon of offense or defense; an instrument of warfare; --
   commonly in the pl. | 
											
															| • | To take by the arm; to take up in one's arms. | 
											
															| • | To furnish with arms or limbs. | 
											
															| • | To furnish or equip with weapons of offense or defense; as,
   to arm soldiers; to arm the country. | 
											
															| • | To cover or furnish with a plate, or with whatever will add
   strength, force, security, or efficiency; as, to arm the hit of a
   sword; to arm a hook in angling. | 
											
															| • | Fig.: To furnish with means of defense; to prepare for
   resistance; to fortify, in a moral sense. | 
											
															| • | To provide one's self with arms, weapons, or means of
   attack or resistance; to take arms. |