ARMING

Arm″ing (�), n. 1. 1. The act of furnishing with, or taking, arms.
The arming was now universal. Macaulay. 2. 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.
3. 3. pl. (Naut.) Red dress cloths formerly hung fore and aft outside of a ship's upper works on holidays.
Arming press (Bookbinding), a press for stamping titles and designs on the covers of books.