Arm"ing (&?;), n. 1. The act of furnishing with, or taking, arms.

The arming was now universal.
Macaulay.

2. (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. Totten.

3. 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.