Meaning of armsful | Babel Free

Definitions

Noun. [B1]

Examples

“They may know⟳ that they were in God’s hand from eternity, and out of God’s hand they were put⟳ as a compliment into Chriſt’s hand, if I may ſo expreſs it; and indeed he is infinitely well-pleaſed with the compliment; he takes an armsful of them, as it were, out of God’s everlaſting arms; and he hugs them in his boſom; for his delights were with the ſons of men; and whenever he ſees the travail of his ſoul, he is ſatisfied: and when he hath hugged them in his redeeming arms, till he hath juſtified, ſanctified, and completely ſaved them, then he will give⟳ them back to the Father’s hand again, preſenting them blameleſs to him, ſaying, “Behold I, and the children which thou haſt given me.” There muſt then be a gathering of the people to him, becauſe there was a giving of the people to him.”

“The Swiss were falling fast before the bristling wall of iron⟳, when Arnold of Winkelried, in Unterwalden, grasping an armsful of the projecting spears, buried them in his body, and sank with them to the earth; through the breach thus made his companions burst⟳, and the Austrian host⟳ was almost annihilated, Leopold himself being in the number⟳ of the slain.”

“To grow⟳ it [a Maréchal Niel rose] in all its magnificence it must be planted out in a greenhouse or conservatory, and the branches be allowed to grow⟳ to their fullest extent. It is then that armsfuls of splendid golden blooms are produced and their great loveliness is fully displayed.”

“As it is customary with the Indians to accompany⟳ their word with a present⟳ proportioned to the affair treated of, he gave them fifty pounds of powder, as many balls, six guns, ten axes, twelve armsfuls of tobacco and a hatchet pipe.”

“When Vernon came in from work⟳, he always brought me wildflowers he had found, an armsful of tiger lilies, bluebells, and white daisies.”

“Naomi Levine made a movie wherein little kids swatted each other with armsfuls of huge white flowers.”

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