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▪ I. † eˈnarm, v. Obs.
[a. OF. enarme-r to arm, f. en- in + armer to arm; cf. anarmed.]
= arm v.
1. trans. To put into arms; to fit or equip with armour or weapons. Also refl.
c1320Cast. Love 1351 He was en-armed ful stronge. 1430Lydg. Chron. Troy i. vii, The nauye..Well enarmed and rychely vitayled. 1500–20Dunbar Lament Makaris vi. Anarmit vnder [Maitland MS. enarmit baith with] helme and scheild. c1565Lindesay (Pitscottie) Chron. Scot. (1728) 60 We exhort your Majesty to enarm yourself. 1584Hudson tr. Du Bartas' Judith i. 371 (1613) (D.) While shepherds they enarme vnus'd to danger. 1830J. Mayne Siller Gun 128 Dumfries, in mony a chosen band, Enarm'd appears.
b. fig.
c1420Pallad. on Husb. i. 623 Thei wol..his courage enarme. 1541Becon News out of Heaven Wks. (1843) 46 And the better enarm himself with courageous valiance to fight against the crafty and subtile assaults of his enemy [the Devil]. 1581A. Anderson Serm. Paules Crosse 61 Our wicked nature..enarmeth hautie contempt against them.
2. transf.
a1400Morte Arth. 910 The vesare, þe aventaile, enarmede so faire. c1420Pallad. on Husb. i. 502 And hete eke wol thi hous enarme. 1496Bk. St. Albans, Fishing 27 The carpe..is..stronge enarmyd in the mouthe.
3. Cookery. To lard, garnish with bacon.
c1420Liber Cocorum (1862) 29 The crane is enarmed ful wele..With larde of porke. 1494Fabyan vii. 599 Bore hedes in castellys of golde and enarmed.
4. Her. To depict in various colours the arms (beak, hoofs, tusks, etc.) of a bird or beast. Also transf. (nonce-use), to describe as if heraldically the ‘arms’ of (a hawk).
14..Praise of Vere 74 in Todd Illust. Gower & Chauc. 306 [His auncestry] Beryth hym [the boar] azure enarmyd with gold. 1486Bk. St. Albans A vij b, To begynne at hir fete and goo vpwarde as knyghttis been harnesside and armeed, & so we shall enarme her [the hawk]. 1818in Todd.
Hence eˈnarmed ppl. a., furnished with armour, equipped for battle.
c1400Destr. Troy xxx. 12262 In company with knightes enarmit. 1572Knox Hist. Ref. Wks. 1846 I. 222 With the hole bandis of French men enarmed. 1582–8Hist. Jas. VI (1804) 93 Requyring support of enarmit men for defence of the King's caus.
▪ II. enarm
var. of inarm, to embrace. |