·vt To arm with proof armor; to arm securely; as, to proof-arm herself.
·adj Proof against proofs; obstinate in the wrong. ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
·noun Firmness of mind; stability not to be shaken. II. Proof ·adj Used in proving or testing; as, ...
The trial of the quality of arms, ammunition, &c., before their reception for service. Guns are prov...
The Sailor's Word-Book
·noun A branch of a tree. II. Arm ·noun Anything resembling an arm. III. Arm ·noun An inlet of wat...
Used to denote power (Ps. 10:15; Ezek. 30:21; Jer. 48:25). It is also used of the omnipotence of God...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
A deep and comparatively narrow inlet of the sea. That part of an anchor on which the palm is shut. ...
·- A degree of strength in alcoholic liquor as shown by beads or small bubbles remaining on its surf...
·adj Capable of resisting the force of a bullet. ...
·adj So as to stand any test. II. High-proof ·adj Highly rectified; very strongly alcoholic; as, hi...
·adj Secure against harm by plots. ...
·add. ·- The last proof for correction before sending to press. II. Press proof ·add. ·- A proof ta...
·noun <<Shameless>>. ...
·adj Impenetrable by shot. ...
One who has eaten shame and drank after it, or would blush at being ashamed. ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
In prize matters, a privilege, where the court is not satisfied with that originally produced, by wh...
Any bulk-head, parapet, or substance which effectually resists the force of a musket-ball. ...
A term for the point of courage for which a man was elected captain by pirates. ...
In naval architecture, an imaginary timber, expressed by vertical lines in the sheer-draught, to pro...
·adj Great as a man's arm. ...
·adj Done (as bowling or pitching) with the arm raised above the shoulder. ·see <<Overhard>>. ...
·adj Applied to the method delivering the ball in bowling, by swinging the arm horizontally. ...
·adj Done (as bowling) with the arm not raised above the elbow, that is, not swung far out from the ...
A lame arm. ...
For this curved timber, see fork-beams. ...
A portable locker on the upper deck or tops for holding arms, and affording a ready supply of cutlas...
A frame or fitting for the stowage of arms (usually vertical) out of harm's way, but in readiness fo...
Synonymous with crow-foot (which see). ...
That part of a yard outside the quarter, which is on either side of the mast beyond the battens, whe...
The situation of two ships lying alongside one another, so near that their yard-arms nearly touch ea...
One by which a number of charges, previously inserted, may be fired off in rapid succession, or afte...
Those of the crew selected and trained to the use of small-arms. When they have effected their board...
Wooden wedges fixed on the yards at those points where they support the lifts and braces, and where ...
An octagonal piece of timber supplied to replace a yard-arm if shot away. It is one-third the length...
A marine punishment unknown, except by name, in the British navy; but formerly inflicted by the Fren...