n. 1. The act of furnishing with, or taking, arms. [ 1913 Webster ]

The arming was now universal. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. Totten. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. pl. (Naut.) Red dress cloths formerly hung fore and aft outside of a ship's upper works on holidays. [ 1913 Webster ]

Arming press (Bookbinding), a press for stamping titles and designs on the covers of books. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to Arminius of his followers, or to their doctrines. See note under Arminian, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Eccl. Hist.) One who holds the tenets of Arminius, a Dutch divine (b. 1560, d. 1609). [ 1913 Webster ]

The Arminian doctrines are: 1. Conditional election and reprobation, in opposition to absolute predestination. 2. Universal redemption, or that the atonement was made by Christ for all mankind, though none but believers can be partakers of the benefit. 3. That man, in order to exercise true faith, must be regenerated and renewed by the operation of the Holy Spirit, which is the gift of God. 4. That man may resist divine grace. 5. That man may relapse from a state of grace. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The religious doctrines or tenets of the Arminians. [ 1913 Webster ]