+---------------+-------+-------+---------------------------+ | |Length | Diam. | Balls weight for | | Nature. | of | of +-------------+-------------+ | |Barrel.| Bore. | Proof. | Service. | +---------------+-------+-------+-------------+-------------+ | |Ft. In.|Inches.|oz. dr. gr. |oz. dr. gr. | |Wall pieces | 4 6 | .98 | 2 8 8 | 2 5 7 | |Musquet | 3 6 | .76 | 1 6 11¹⁄₂| 1 1 12 | |Carbine | 3 0 | .61 | 0 14 13 | 0 12 11 | |Pistol, common | 1 2 | .58 | 0 8 15 | 0 7 4¹⁄₂| |Ditto, Carbine | 1 0 | .66 | 0 14 13 | 0 12 11 | |Rifle, the long| 3 6 | .55 | 0 9 0 | 0 8 0 | |Short Rifle | 3 2 | .58 | 0 10 8 | 0 10 0 | +---------------+-------+-------+-------------+-------------+ In a legal sense, arms may extend to any thing that a man wears for his own defence, or takes in his hand, and uses in anger, to strike, throw at, or wound another. It is supposed, that the first artificial arms were of wood, and only employed against beasts; and that Belus, the son of Nimrod, was the first that waged war; whence, according to some, came the appellation _bellum_. Diodorus Siculus takes Belus to be the same with Mars, who first trained soldiers up to battle. _Arms_ of stone, and even of brass, appear to have been used before they came to iron and steel. Josephus assures us, that the patriarch Joseph first taught the use of iron arms in Egypt, arming the troops of Pharaoh with a casque and buckler. The principal _arms_ of the ancients were hatchets, scythes, lances, swords, and bucklers: the Saxons used the halberd, bow, arrows, cross-bow, &c. By the ancient laws of England, every man was obliged to bear arms, except the judges and clergy. Under Henry VIII. it was expressly enjoined on all persons to be regularly instructed, even from their tender years, in the exercise of the _arms_ then in use, viz. the long bow and arrows; and to be provided with a certain number of them. But by the common law of England now it is an offence for persons to go or ride armed with dangerous weapons; but gentlemen, both in and out of the army, may wear common armor, according to their quality. ARMS _of parade_, or _courtesy_, were those used in the ancient justs and tournaments; which were commonly unshod lances, swords without edge or point, wooden swords, and even canes. _Bells of_ ARMS, _or Bell Tents_, a kind of tents in the shape of a cone, where a company’s arms are lodged in the field. They are generally painted with the colour of the facing of the regiment; they have gone much out of use. _Pass of_ ARMS, a kind of combat, when anciently one or more cavaliers undertook to defend a pass against all attacks. _Place of_ ARMS. See FORTIFICATION. _Stand of_ ARMS, a complete set of arms for one soldier.