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noun

Dart 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.

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."

3.

A spear set as a prize in running. (Obs.)

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.

verb

Dart v. t. (past & past part. darted; pres. part. darting)

1.

To throw with a sudden effort or thrust, as a dart or other missile weapon; to hurl or launch.

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?"

Dart 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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"Dart" Quotes from Famous Books

... Even at mid-day, the forest wore a sombre aspect, and a stillness and solitude reigned throughout it that were very striking. Occasionally, a timid kangaroo might be seen stealing off in the distance, or a kangaroo-rat might dart out from a tuft beneath your feet, but these were rare circumstances. The most usual disturbers of these wooded solitudes were the black cockatoos; "but I have never, in any part of the world," adds the enterprising traveller, "seen so great a want of animal life as in these mountains." It was ...

— Australia, its history and present condition • William Pridden

... been trodden on severely, and must turn: but how? What strength had I to dart retaliation at my antagonist? I gathered my energies and launched them in ...

— Jane Eyre - an Autobiography • Charlotte Bronte

... supply them; and thirty, forty, or fifty miles of wretched scrub, that would take a poor human being and his horse a whole day to accomplish, are passed over with the quickness of thought. The birds we flushed up would probably dart across the scrubs to the oasis we had so recently found. Our horses were getting bad and thirsty; the day was warm; 92 degrees in the shade, in thirst and wretchedness, is hot enough, for any poor animal or man either. But man enters these desolate regions to please himself ...

— Australia Twice Traversed, The Romance of Exploration • Ernest Giles

... gravel, and where the water was so thin and clear that you might not tell where it ended and the pure air began. And therethrough he would drive his horse, splashing with great noise, whilst the little silvery fish would dart away upon all sides, hither and thither, like sparks of light ...

— The Story of the Champions of the Round Table • Howard Pyle

... but that the gods saw him, knew him through his disguise, and resolved that he should no longer escape. They themselves divided into two bands. Thor waded down the river to the waterfall; the other gods stood in a group below. Loki swam backwards and forwards between them. First he thought he would dart out into the sea, and then that he would spring over the net back again into the river. This last seemed the easiest way of escape, and with the greatest speed he attempted it. Thor, however, was watching ...

— Young Folks Treasury, Volume 2 (of 12) • Various

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