arms has definitions from the fields of heraldry,arms
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[ noun ] (arms) weapons considered collectively

Used in print

("Editorials"...)

He feels , therefore , that to seek a discontinuity in the arms policy of the United_States is the least risky path our government can take .

The official military establishment can only threaten to use its nuclear arms ; it cannot bring them into actual play .

(Jim Berry Pearson, The Maxwell Land Grant....)

District_Attorney M._W._Mills warned that he would vigorously prosecute persons caught committing these crimes or carrying arms - he just did n't catch anyone .

(Bruce Palmer, "My Brother's Keeper", Many Are...)

The Union soldiers grounded arms and settled into healthy , indifferent postures to watch the feeble boarding of the skiffs .

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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 7859
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[ noun ] (heraldry) the official symbols of a family, state, etc.
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