Arm·ing n.
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.
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.
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