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Dart (därt), n. [OF. dart, of German origin; cf. OHG. tart javelin, dart, AS. darað, daroð, Sw. dart dagger, Icel. darraðr dart.]
1. A pointed missile weapon, intended to be thrown by the hand; a short lance; a javelin; hence, any sharp-pointed missile weapon, as an arrow.
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And he [Joab] took three darts in his hand, and thrust them through the heart of Absalom. 2 Sa. xviii. 14.
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2. Anything resembling a dart; anything that pierces or wounds like a dart.
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The artful inquiry, whose venomed dart
Scarce wounds the hearing while it stabs the heart. Hannan More.
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3. A spear set as a prize in running. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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4. (Zool.) A fish; the dace. See Dace.
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Dart sac (Zool.), a sac connected with the reproductive organs of land snails, which contains a dart, or arrowlike structure.
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Dart, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Darted; p. pr. & vb. n. Darting.]
1. To throw with a sudden effort or thrust, as a dart or other missile weapon; to hurl or launch.
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2. To throw suddenly or rapidly; to send forth; to emit; to shoot; as, “the sun darts forth his beams”.
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Or what ill eyes malignant glances dart? Pope.
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Dart, v. i.
1. To fly or pass swiftly, as a dart.
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2. To start and run with velocity; to shoot rapidly along; as, “the deer darted from the thicket”.
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