Definition of Dart

Pronunciation: därt
n.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.
And he [Joab] took three darts in his hand, and thrust them through the heart of Absalom.
- 2 Sa. xviii. 14.
2.Anything resembling a dart; anything that pierces or wounds like a dart.
The artful inquiry, whose venomed dart
Scarce wounds the hearing while it stabs the heart.
- Hannan More.
3.A spear set as a prize in running.
4.(Zool.) A fish; the dace. See Dace.
Dart sac
(Zool.) a sac connected with the reproductive organs of land snails, which contains a dart, or arrowlike structure.
v. t.1.To throw with a sudden effort or thrust, as a dart or other missile weapon; to hurl or launch.
[imp. & p. p. Darted; p. pr. & vb. n. Darting.]
2.To throw suddenly or rapidly; to send forth; to emit; to shoot; as, the sun darts forth his beams.
Or what ill eyes malignant glances dart?
- Pope.
v. i.1.To fly or pass swiftly, as a dart.
2.To start and run with velocity; to shoot rapidly along; as, the deer darted from the thicket.


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