Alexander Schmidt, Shakespeare Lexicon and Quotation Dictionary

Arms, 1) weapons: “art with a. contending,” Pilgr. 223. LLL II, 45. “bruised a.” Lucr. 110. Lucr. 110 “my a.” LLL V, 2, 558. “great in a.” H6A II, 5, 24. “take up a.” H6A III, 2, 70. “rising up in a.” H6B IV, 1, 93. “servant in a. to Henry,” H6A IV, 2, 4. in a. == armed, LLL V, 2, 636. John III, 1, 102. R2 III, 2, 202. H6A I, 1, 125. 3, 75. “to arms!” John II, 287. III, 1, 255. H6C I, 2, 28. to follow a. == to be a soldier, John II, 31. H6A II, 1, 43. a man at a. == an armed knight, H6C V, 4, 42; figuratively: “affection's men at a.” LLL IV, 3, 290. a man of a. == a knight, H6A I, 4, 30. worthy of a. == hero of war, Troil. IV, 5, 163. The law of a. == the law of war, H5 IV, 7, 2; and == the statutes about the use of arms and the forms of duelling: “the law of a. is such that whoso draws a sword, 'tis present death,” H6A III, 4, 38; “I crave the benefit of law of a.” H6A IV, 1, 100 (i. e. of fighting him in duel). Very frequently == war, combat: “calling thee to a.” H6B V, 2, 7. “go not to a. against my uncle,” John III, 1, 308. “the a. are fair, when the intent of bearing them is just,” H4A V, 2, 88. “I see the issue of these a.” R2 II, 3, 152. “most shallowly did you these a. commence,” H4B IV, 2, 118. H6B III, 1, 378. IV, 9, 37. V, 1, 18. “the occasion of our a.” H4B I, 3, 5. IV, 1, 78. “his a. are only to remove from thee the duke of Somerset,” H6B IV, 9, 29. V, 1, 39.
2) Ensigns armorial of a family: H6A I, 1, 80. H6B I, 1, 256. IV, 1, 42. “our officers at a.” R2 I, 1, 204. “a pursuivant at a.” R3 V, 3, 59. Quibbling: Shr. II, 222. Hml. V, 1, 38. Ambiguous: Lucr. 1693. John IV, 3, 47. H6A I, 2, 42.