The Collaborative International Dictionary
Arming press
Arming \Arm"ing\, n.
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The act of furnishing with, or taking, arms.
The arming was now universal.
--Macaulay. (Naut.) 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.
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pl. (Naut.) Red dress cloths formerly hung fore and aft outside of a ship's upper works on holidays.
Arming press (Bookbinding), a press for stamping titles and designs on the covers of books.
Wiktionary
arming press
n. A bookbinder's press for stamping titles and designs on the covers of books.