| n. | 1. | The act of furnishing with, or taking, arms. | |||
| 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. | ||||
| 3. | (Naut.) Red dress cloths formerly hung fore and aft outside of a ship's upper works on holidays.
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| Noun | 1. | arming - the act of equiping with weapons in preparation for war Antonyms: disarmament, disarming - act of reducing or depriving of arms; "the disarmament of the aggressor nations must be complete" |
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