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  Arm \Arm\, n. [AS. arm, earm; akin to OHG. aram, G., D., Dan., &
     Sw. arm, Icel. armr, Goth. arms, L. armus arm, shoulder, and
     prob. to Gr. ? joining, joint, shoulder, fr. the root ? to
     join, to fit together; cf. Slav. rame. ?. See Art,
     Article.]
     1. The limb of the human body which extends from the shoulder
        to the hand; also, the corresponding limb of a monkey.
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     2. Anything resembling an arm; as,
        (a) The fore limb of an animal, as of a bear.
        (b) A limb, or locomotive or prehensile organ, of an
            invertebrate animal.
        (c) A branch of a tree.
        (d) A slender part of an instrument or machine, projecting
            from a trunk, axis, or fulcrum; as, the arm of a
            steelyard.
        (e) (Naut) The end of a yard; also, the part of an anchor
            which ends in the fluke.
        (f) An inlet of water from the sea.
        (g) A support for the elbow, at the side of a chair, the
            end of a sofa, etc.
            [1913 Webster]
  
     3. Fig.: Power; might; strength; support; as, the secular
        arm; the arm of the law.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              To whom is the arm of the Lord revealed? --Isa. lii.
                                                    1.
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     Arm's end, the end of the arm; a good distance off.
        --Dryden.
  
     Arm's length, the length of the arm.
  
     Arm's reach, reach of the arm; the distance the arm can
        reach.
  
     To go (or walk) arm in arm, to go with the arm or hand
        of one linked in the arm of another. ``When arm in armwe
        went along.'' --Tennyson.
  
     To keep at arm's length, to keep at a distance (literally
        or figuratively); not to allow to come into close contact
        or familiar intercourse.
  
     To work at arm's length, to work disadvantageously.
        [1913 Webster]

  Arm \Arm\, n. [AS. arm, earm; akin to OHG. aram, G., D., Dan., &
     Sw. arm, Icel. armr, Goth. arms, L. armus arm, shoulder, and
     prob. to Gr. ? joining, joint, shoulder, fr. the root ? to
     join, to fit together; cf. Slav. rame. ?. See Art,
     Article.]
     1. The limb of the human body which extends from the shoulder
        to the hand; also, the corresponding limb of a monkey.
  
     2. Anything resembling an arm; as,
        (a) The fore limb of an animal, as of a bear.
        (b) A limb, or locomotive or prehensile organ, of an
            invertebrate animal.
        (c) A branch of a tree.
        (d) A slender part of an instrument or machine, projecting
            from a trunk, axis, or fulcrum; as, the arm of a
            steelyard.
        (e) (Naut) The end of a yard; also, the part of an anchor
            which ends in the fluke.
        (f) An inlet of water from the sea.
        (g) A support for the elbow, at the side of a chair, the
            end of a sofa, etc.
  
     3. Fig.: Power; might; strength; support; as, the secular
        arm; the arm of the law.
  
              To whom is the arm of the Lord revealed? --Isa. lii.
                                                    1.
  
     Arm's end, the end of the arm; a good distance off.
        --Dryden.
  
     Arm's length, the length of the arm.
  
     Arm's reach, reach of the arm; the distance the arm can
        reach.
  
     To go (or walk) arm in arm, to go with the arm or hand
        of one linked in the arm of another. ``When arm in armwe
        went along.'' --Tennyson.
  
     To keep at arm's length, to keep at a distance (literally
        or figuratively); not to allow to come into close contact
        or familiar intercourse.
  
     To work at arm's length, to work disadvantageously.