arms!

Definition of arms! in English English dictionary: plural form of arm
We laid down on the snowbank and moved our arms up and down to make snow angels.; Third-person singular simple present indicative form of arm
If the Duke arms himself for war, the king will not sit by idly!.; {n} the ensigns of a family, weapons, war; Used as part of the name of a public house or hotel; The heraldic insignia of a person who has received an Award of Arms or higher level armigerous award, or the heraldic insignia of a branch See also Badge and Device; weapons; 1 An emblem made of recognizable symbols that denote a country, state, political subdivision, or some other organized body As an example, the Arms of the United States consists of an eagle clutching an olive branch in its right claw and arrows in its left claw The motto "E Pluribus Unum" (out of many, one) is inscribed on a ribbon held in the eagle's beak 2 In heraldry, armorial bearings of a family, consisting of figures and colors borne in shields, banners, etc , as marks of dignity, and descending from father to son See "coat of arms "; Anything which a man takes in his hand in anger, to strike or assault another with; an aggressive weapon; Coat of arms, a pricelist shorthand; Adjustable rate mortgages; They create a frame that draws the eye to the isolated movements of the hips They also move in sinuous, snake-like fashion, or in graceful curves around the body; Noun A heraldic design; In the Bayeux tapestry, the Saxons fight on foot with javelin and battle-axe, and bear shields with the British characteristic of a boss in the centre The men were moustached; The ensigns armorial of a family, consisting of figures and colors borne in shields, banners, etc; Adjustable rate mortgage A mortgage that features predetermined adjustments of the loan interest rate at regular intervals based on an established index The interest rate is adjusted at each interval to a rate equivalent to the index value plus a predetermined spread, or margin, over the index, usually subject to per-interval and to life-of-loan interest rate and/or payment rate caps; Australian Relief and Mercy Services; Instruments or weapons of offense or defense; Synonym for coat of arms; The legs of a hawk from the thigh to the foot; weapons considered collectively; Adjustable Rate Mortgage Securities Security whose interest rate is periodically reset relative to a base index; Account Receivables Management Info System; as marks of dignity and distinction, and descending from father to son; n military equipment; weapons; Those elements of letters that branch out from the stem of a letter, such as: "K" and "Y"; The deeds or exploits of war; military service or science; the official symbols of a family, state, etc; ARMs are mortgages that require the real estate buyer to pay an interest rate that is periodically adjusted The amount of the rate is tied to some index outside the control of the lender, such as the interest rate on U S Treasury bills Like fixed-rate mortgages, ARMs are often grouped by a government agency and sold as a single security, with investors receiving payments out of the interest and principal on the underlying mortgages Funds that invest primarily in these ARM-backed securities are called Adjustable Rate Mortgage Funds; The heraldic emblem that identifies a person or entity -- the right to that emblem being the gift of Royalty, and the specific content being subject to approval by the Kingdom College of Heralds and the SCA College of Arms No one but the registered owner should display Arms In the case of group Arms, the owner is the current ceremonial head of the group, and the Arms should technically be displayed only when the ceremonial head is actually present at an event In practice, however, authority to display a group's Arms is often delegated NOTE: A design may be registered and displayed before the actual award has been made; in which case, it is referred to as a Device This makes the distinction between Arms and Devices a purely technical one (See Award of Arms, Device, Badge ); the symbols and designs used in heraldry, and based upon the armour of the medieval knight In strict terms, arms refers only to the designs, or charges, placed upon the shield; third-person singular of arm; plural of arm; {i} weapons, firearms