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Dart sac
(gcide) | 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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