GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

last match results

Found 3 definitions

1.       
   Dart , n. [OF. dart, of German origin; cf. OHG. tart javelin, dart, AS. darað, daroð, Sw. dart dagger, Icel. darraðr dart.]
   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.
   1913 Webster
   And he [Joab] took three darts in his hand, and thrust them through the heart of Absalom.
   2 Sa. xviii. 14.
   
   1913 Webster
   Anything resembling a dart; anything that pierces or wounds like a dart.
   1913 Webster
   The artful inquiry, whose venomed dart
   Scarce wounds the hearing while it stabs the heart.
   Hannan More.
   
   1913 Webster
   A spear set as a prize in running. [Obs.]
   Chaucer.
   
   1913 Webster
   (Zool.) A fish; the dace. See Dace.
   1913 Webster
   Dart sac (Zool.), a sac connected with the reproductive organs of land snails, which contains a dart, or arrowlike structure.
   1913 Webster
   
         
       

2.       
   Dart, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Darted; p. pr. & vb. n. Darting.]
   To throw with a sudden effort or thrust, as a dart or other missile weapon; to hurl or launch.
   1913 Webster
   To throw suddenly or rapidly; to send forth; to emit; to shoot; as, the sun darts forth his beams.
   1913 Webster
   Or what ill eyes malignant glances dart?
   Pope.
   
   1913 Webster
   
         
       

3.       
   Dart, v. i.
   To fly or pass swiftly, as a dart.
   1913 Webster
   To start and run with velocity; to shoot rapidly along; as, the deer darted from the thicket.
   1913 Webster