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Dart \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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Dart \Dart\ (d[aum]rt), n. [OF. dart, of German origin; cf. OHG.
tart javelin, dart, AS. dara[eth], daro[eth], Sw. dart
dagger, Icel. darra[eth]r 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 \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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