Defn: A thick plain silk, generally black, and used for clerical.
Simmonds.
ARMPIT
Arm"pit`, n. Etym: [Arm + pit.]
Defn: The hollow beneath the junction of the arm and shoulder; the axilla.
ARMRACK
Arm"rack`, n.
Defn: A frame, generally vertical, for holding small arms.
ARMS Arms, n. pl. Etym: [OE. armes, F. arme, pl. armes, fr. L. arma, pl., arms, orig. fittings, akin to armus shoulder, and E. arm. See Arm, n.]
1. Instruments or weapons of offense or defense. He lays down his arms, but not his wiles. Milton. Three horses and three goodly suits of arms. Tennyson.
2. The deeds or exploits of war; military service or science. "Arms and the man I sing." Dryden.
3. (Law)
Defn: Anything which a man takes in his hand in anger, to strike or assault another with; an aggressive weapon. Cowell. Blackstone.