ARM
ADJECTIVES
1916 ► LONG-SPARRED having long arms or legs → Amer. dial.
NOUNS
1000 ► FATHOM the length of the forearm → obs.
1000 ► FATHOMS the embracing arms → obs.
14C.. ► CUBIT the part of the arm from the elbow downward; the forearm → obs.
1513 ► GAIRDIE → GAIRDY → GARDIE → GARDY an arm → Sc. obs.
1544 ► THE SMALL OF THE ARM the narrow part of the forearm, above the wrist
1607 ► FATHOM a stretching of the arms in a straight line to their full extent → obs.
1615 ► HAND the whole arm → obs.
1673 ► SMITER an arm → sl., obs.
1742 ► GARDIE → GARDY the arm → Sc.
L18.. ► FIN an arm, a hand → nautical sl.
L18.. ► RAMMER the arm → UK criminals’ sl.
1823 ► WING an arm → sl.
M19. ► BENDER the arm → sl.
1857 ► CHALK FARM the arm → rhyming sl.
1890 ► POKER ARM a perfectly straight arm
1896 ► BROOMSTICKS thin, undersized arms → colloq.
1904 ► SCRAB a thin, shrivelled arm or finger → Sc. (Bk.)
1904 ► SCRABBLE a thin, shrivelled arm or finger → Sc. (Bk.)
1905 ► OARS the arms → Eng. cant (Bk.)
1910 ► FALSE ALARM the arm → rhyming sl., orig. military usage
1913 ► HOOKS a man’s arms or hands → Amer. dial. (Bk.)
1919 ► MEATHOOK an arm → Amer. sl.
1920 ► ARMSTRONG HEATERS one’s arms, when used to embrace another → Amer. dial.
1940 ► RAISE an arm → African-American sl.
1945 ► FLOPPER the arm → US sl.
1969 ► GRAPPLING IRONS arms → US Air Force Academy cadets’ sl. (Bk.)
1973 ► GUNS the arms, esp. muscular arms; the biceps → US sl.
1990 ► EMMERDALE (FARM) an arm → rhyming sl.
1992 ► MARTINI the arm; the hand → Brit. sl.
2003 ► BINGO WINGS flabby upper arms → UK sl.
2004 ► NAN FLAP a pendulous spread of flabby upper arm that is characteristic of some older woman → Brit. sl.
NOUNS, PERSON
1880 ► WINGY a one-armed person → sl.
1930 ► ARMY a person, esp. a beggar, who has lost one or both arms → US tramps’ sl.
VERBS
1519 ► MAKE A FATHOM to stretch the arms to their full extent → obs.
1873 ► SAWM to swing the arms in walking → Eng. dial.
1940 ► PRANG to break an arm or a leg → sl.
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