D'ART, n. Gr., a spear or lance.
1. A pointed missile weapon to be thrown by the hand a short lance.
2. Any missile weapon that which pierces and wounds.
And from about her shot darts of desire.
D'ART,
1. To throw a pointed instrument with a sudden thrust as, to dart a javelin.
2. To throw suddenly or rapidly to send to emit to shoot applied to small objects, which pass with velocity as, the sun darts his beams on the earth.
Or what eyes malignant glances dart. Pope.
D'ART,
1. To fly or shoot, as a dart to fly rapidly.
2. To spring and run with velocity to start suddenly and run as, the deer darted from the thicket.
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