secure : Idioms & Phrases
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Secure arms
(Mil.) , a command and a position in the manual of arms, used in wet weather, the object being to guard the firearm from becoming wet. The piece is turned with the barrel to the front and grasped by the right hand at the lewer band, the muzzle is dropped to the front, and the piece held with the guard under the right arm, the hand supported against the hip, and the thumb on the rammer.
Webster 1913
secured bond
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noun a bond that is back by collateral
