To throw with a sudden thrust, as a pointed instrument.
To throw or thrust suddenly or rapidly; emit; shoot: as, the sun darts forth his beams.
To pierce; spear; transfix.
To have the piercing movement or effect of a dart; move swiftly, like a dart.
To spring or start suddenly and run swiftly: as, the deer darted from the thicket.
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A pointed missile weapon thrown or thrust-by the hand; a small and light spear or javelin, sometimes hurled by the aid of a strap or thong.
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A kind of eel-spear.
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A spear set up as a prize for victory in running or other athletic contests.
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Anything like a dart in shape, use, or effect.
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In conch., a love-dart, or spiculum amoris
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One of various moths, so called by British collectors
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A seam uniting two edges of stuff from between which a gore has been cut away: designed to shape a garment to the figure.
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Figuratively, a piercing look or utterance.
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A sudden swift movement.
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Same as dace, 1.
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Plan; scheme.
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Idea; ‘style’; fancy: as, “strawberries and cream, eh!—that's my dart.”