▪ I. ˈarmless, a.1
[f. arm n.1 + -less.]
Without arm or branch.
| c 1386 Chaucer Monk's T. 213 And saugh an hond armles, that wroot ful fast. 1596 R. L[inche] Diella (1877) 74 The crazen tops of armelesse Trees. 1859 Lewes Phys. Com. Life II. xii. 382 Progenitors of armless and legless babies. |
▪ II. armless, a.2
(ˈɑːmlɪs)
[f. arm n.2 + -less.]
Without weapons of offence or defence, unarmed.
| a 1619 Beaum. & Fl. Q. of Corinth iv. iii. (T.) Integrity thus armless seeks her foes. 1661 Morgan Sph. Gentry i. vi. 87 We shall find them all armed but the armless Hind. 1870 Spurgeon Treas. David Ps. xxxvii. 17 Toothless malice, armless malevolence! |