Arm

Source : Wright, Joseph English Dialect Dictionary

ARM, sb.1 Chs. Lin. Nhp. War. Wor. e.An. Wil. Dor.
Som. Dev. [ām.]
1. The axle, the iron upon which the wheel of any
vehicle turns.
Chs.1 Formerly the arms were simply a continuation of the
wooden axle; now they are invariably made of iron and are let
into each end of the thick wooden axle. n.Lin.1, Nhp.1, War.
(J.R.W.), se.Wor.1 Suf. A wooden axle-tree with iron arms.
An axle-tree of iron, arms and all (F.H.). Wil. Morton Cyclo.
Agric. (1863) Dor. Off came the wheels, and down fell the carts;
and they found there was no linch-pins in the arms, Hardy Wess.
Tales (1888) II. 186. w.Som.1 Dhu weel km oa·f, un dh-aa·rm oa un
wuz u-broa·kt rait oa·f [the wheel came off, and its axle was
broken right off]. nw.Dev.1
2. The spoke or radius of any large wheel; the beam of
a windmill to which the sail is fixed.
w.Som.1 [The arm of] a water-wheel, or the fly-wheel of a steam-engine.
The entire motive power of a windmill ─ i.e. each of the
four great beams, with all the apparatus fixed to it ─ is called the
arm.
3. A trowel.
e.An.1
4. Comb. (1) Arm by arm, (2) arm and crook, (3) arm-in-crook,
(4) arm-in-link, (a) arm-in-arm, freq. applied to
the walking together of couples in the courting stage;
(b) on familiar terms, cf. ‘hand-and-glove’; (5) bend of the arm,
the elbow; (6) hand-in-arm, arm-in-arm; (7) to bend the arm,
to drink, cf. ‘to lift the elbow’; (8) to make a long arm,
to reach; (9) to wish your arm from your elbow, see
below.
(1) Lin. Lots o' lads and lasses, all aërm by aërm, Brown Lit.
Laur. (1890) 9. (2) Dor. Tidden no good vor a maïd to walk arm-an'-crook
wi' the likes o' he, Hare Vill. Street (1895) 111. Som. 'Tes said
they do walk arm an' crook up 'pon hill a'most every day o' their lives,
Raymond Love and Quiet Life (1894) 208. Dev.3 (3) Dor. Then
they went arm-in-crook, like courting complete, Hardy Madding
Crowd (1874) xxxiii. (4) Chs.1 (a) He's goin arm-i'-link wi' ahr Polly.
(b) He's arm-i'-link wi' him. (5) w.Yks. ‘Bend o' t'arm’ is common
for elbow-joint, Leeds Merc. Suppl. (May 2, 1891); Bend of the
arm, common in Ossett (M.F.). (6) w.Yks.3 Hand i' airm. (7)
Slang. He was busy arm-bending in the public-house when the
tattoo sounded (A.S.P.). (8) w.Yks.3 To mak' a long airm. (9)
n.Yks.2 They'll shak ye by t'hand an wish your airm off by t'elbow
[will give you the hand, but with no good will at heart, as hollow
friends do].
5. Comp. (1) Arm-bend; (2) Arm-lede, the direction of the outstretched
arm; (3) Arm-load; (4) Arm-poke, the arm-pit; (5) Arm-rax,
see Arm-twist; (6) Arm-set, the setting of the coat-sleeve, the
arm-pit; (7) Arm-shot; (8) Arm-skep; (9) Arm-skew, see Arm-twist;
(10) Arm-strength, the muscularity of the arm; (11) Arm-stretch;
(12) Arm-twist; (13) Arm-wrist, the wrist.
n.Yks.2 (1) Airm-bend, the elbow-joint. (2) This mun be your
way by airmlede [by the road to which I am pointing]. (3) Airmlooad,
Airmleead, an armful. (4) Suf. Under the left arm-poke
place a swaler's hart and a liver under the rite, Garland (1818) 9.
n.Yks.2 (5) Airmrax. (6) It nips at t'airm-set. (7) Airmshot,
arm's length. m.Yks.1 n.Yks.2 (8) Airmskep, a coarse twig
basket without a bow, carried under the arm. (9) Airmskew,
a sprain of the arm. (10) Foorced by airm strength. (11) Airmstritch,
the effort of the arms, as at a rowing match. (12)
Airmtwist, a sprain of the arm. (13) w.Som.1 He tookt hold o'
my arm-wrist. Dev. Whot's the matter wi' tha babby?─ I can't
ezackally say, but 'e zims tü be a-scrammed in's arm-wrist.
Lüketh's ef 'e'd a-broked 'n, Hewett Peas. Sp. (1892) Cor.1
[2. Les rayeres d'un moulin à eau, the arms, or starts
of a wheel of a water-mill, COTGR.]

ARM, sb.2 Sh.I. The end, as of a line.
Sh.&Ork.1

ARM, v. Irel. Som. Dev. [ām.] To conduct by
walking arm-in-arm with; to walk arm-in-arm.
n.Ir. Arm is frequently used facetiously, ‘I'll arm you,’ i.e. give
you a lift, set you on your way, though the necessity for help may be
imaginary and assumed (M.B.-S.); N.I.1 Ant. There they go arming
along (J.S.). w.Som.1 Zo your Jim's gwain to have th' old
Ropy's maid arter all. ─ No, he idn. ─ Oh, idn er? well, I zeed-n
a-armin o' her about, once, my own zul, last Zunday night as ever
was. nw.Dev.1
[To arm her to her lawyer's chambers, Wycherley
Plain Dealer (1675) (N.E.D.).]

ARM, see Haulm.

ARM, sb. and v. Sc. Irel. Lakel. Lan. Nrf. Dor. Cor.
1. sb. In comb. (1) Arm-a-crook, or Arm-in-crook, arm-in-arm;
(2) Arm-hole, the armpit; (3) Arm-rope, a short rope to bind
things carried on the back; (4) Arm-wrist, the wrist; (5) Arms-and-legs,
home-brewed beer.
(1) Dor. You can go arm-in-crook— arm-in-crook, d'ye hear?
Francis Manor Farm (1903) 98. Cor. An' aw, to be'old Alferd
stroathin' along so bold, arm-a-crook with his maid! Lee Widow
Woman (1897) 82; Cor.3 (2) Lakel.2 Ah's as sair as can be i'
t' arm-whol. s.Lan.1 (3) Don. Take an arm-rope from behind the
cupple in the kitchen... and fetch in a couple of goes of brasna,
Macmanus O'Friel's (1903) 18. (4) Cor. Hammond Parish (1897)
339. (5) Nrf. This term implies that the beer has no body in it,
Cozens-Hardy Broad Nrf. (1893) 72.
2. An armful.
Don. A safe sait on the cart, and an aisy wan, with an arm of
nice sweet hay in under her, Macmanus O'Friel's (1903) 14.
3. A wooden axle. Lan. (S.W.)
4. v. To give one's arm to.
Sc. (A.W.) Cor. You'd best arm Alma, Harry, Longman's
Mag. (Feb. 1893) 381.

ARM, see Haulm, sb.1

Source : Century Dictionary