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Originally appearing in Volume V02, Page 560 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ARM (a See also:common See also:Teutonic word; the Indo-See also:European See also:root is ar, to join or See also:fit; cf. the See also:Lat. armus, See also:shoulder, and the plural word arma, weapons, Gr. apphs, See also:joint, and the reduplicated apapilKSV, to join)  , the human upper See also:limb from the See also:shoulder to the See also:wrist, and the fore limb of an See also:animal . (See See also:ANATOMY: Superficial and See also:Artistic, and See also:SKELETON: Appendicular.) The word is also used of any projecting limb, as of a See also:crane, or See also:balance, of a See also:branch of a See also:tree, and so, in a transferred sense, of the branch of a See also:river or a See also:nerve . Through the Fr. armes, from the See also:Lat. arma, and so in See also:English usually in the plural " arms," comes the use of the word for weapons of offence and See also:defence, and in many expressions such as " men-at-arms," " See also:assault-at-arms," and the like, and for the various branches, See also:artillery, See also:cavalry, See also:infantry, of which an See also:army is composed, the " arms of the service." " Arms " or " armorial See also:bearings " are the heraldic devices displayed by knights in See also:battle on the defensive See also:armour or embroidered on the surcoat worn over the armour and hence called " coats of arms." These became hereditary and thus are See also:borne by families, and similar insignia are used by nations, cities, episcopal See also:sees and corporations generally .

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