to pile arms

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to pile arms - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Pile \Pile\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Piled; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Piling.]
     1. To lay or throw into a pile or heap; to heap up; to
        collect into a mass; to accumulate; to amass; -- often
        with up; as, to pile up wood. "Hills piled on hills."
        --Dryden. "Life piled on life." --Tennyson.
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              The labor of an age in piled stones.  --Milton.
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     2. To cover with heaps; or in great abundance; to fill or
        overfill; to load.
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     To pile arms To pile muskets (Mil.), to place three guns
        together so that they may stand upright, supporting each
        other; to stack arms.
        [1913 Webster] Pileate