arming

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: arm=ing

CIDE DICTIONARY

arming, n. 

•  The act of furnishing with, or taking, arms.  [1913 Webster]

  "The arming was now universal."  [1913 Webster]
•  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.  [1913 Webster]
•  Red dress cloths formerly hung fore and aft outside of a ship's upper works on holidays.  [1913 Webster]

Arming press (Bookbinding), a press for stamping titles and designs on the covers of books.