ARMING

verb

1. To take by the arm; to take up in one's arms.

verb

1. To supply with armour or (later especially) weapons.
2. To prepare a tool or a weapon for action; to activate.
3. To cover or furnish with a plate, or with whatever will add strength, force, security, or efficiency.

noun

1. A piece of tallow or soap put in the cavity and over the bottom of a sounding lead to pick up samples of the bottom of the sea.
2. The act of supplying with arms and ammunition in preparation of a conflict
3. (chiefly in the plural) One of the red dress cloths formerly hung fore and aft outside of a ship's upper works on holidays.