armgauntt

[An isolated form, appar. So he nodded, And soberly did mount an arm - gaunt steed, Who neigh'd so high, that what I would have spoke Was beastly dumb'd by him. Shak ., A. and C., i. 5. arm-greatt, a. [ME. arm- gret ; arm1 + great .] As thick as a man's arm. A wrethe of gold, arm - gret , of huge wighte, Upon his heed. Chaucer , Knight's Tale, 1. 1287. arm-guards (ärm'gärdz), n . pl . A general name of plate-armor for the defense of the arms. It corresponds to bra art (which see) and to the French garde- bras . See also bracelet , vambrace , and rerebrace . armhole (ärm'hōl), n. [ armhole , corruptly harmole ; hole .] 1. The cavity under the shoulder; the armpit. [Now rare.] Tickling is most in the soles of the feet, and under the armholes, and on the sides. The cause is the thinne of the skin in these parts, joined with the rarene of being touched there. Bacon , Nat. Hist. 2. A hole in a garment for the arm. armil.] 1. In archæol., a bracelet or armlet: as, a Roman or Frankish armilla. Also called ar mil.-2. In mach., an iron ring, hoop, or brace, in which the gudgeons of a wheel move.-3. In an at., the annular ligament of the wrist which binds together the tendons of the hand.-4. Same as armil, 1.-5. In ornith., a colored ring encircling the tibia of a bird just above the heel-joint. [Little used.] armillary (är'mi-lā-ri), a. [ ODIAC Armillary Sphere. circles. and one with the sun in the center, called hold for the hand.