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Word Meanings - ARROW - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A missile weapon of offense, slender, pointed, and usually feathered and barbed, to be shot from a bow. Broad arrow. An arrow with a broad head. A mark placed upon British ordnance and government stores, which bears a rude resemblance to a broad

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A missile weapon of offense, slender, pointed, and usually feathered and barbed, to be shot from a bow. Broad arrow. An arrow with a broad head. A mark placed upon British ordnance and government stores, which bears a rude resemblance to a broad arrowhead.

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  • BARBAROUS
    slavish, rude, ignorant; akin to L. balbus stammering, Skr. barbara 1. Being in the state of a barbarian; uncivilized; rude; peopled with barbarians; as, a barbarous people; a barbarous country. 2. Foreign; adapted to a barbaric taste. Barbarous
  • PLACODERMATA
    See PLACODERMI
  • FEATHERNESS
    The state or condition of being feathery.
  • BROADSWORD
    A sword with a broad blade and a cutting edge; a claymore. I heard the broadsword's deadly clang. Sir W. Scott.
  • BROADBILL
    A wild duck , which appears in large numbers on the eastern coast of the United States, in autumn; - - called also bluebill, blackhead, raft duck, and scaup duck. See Scaup duck.
  • PLACEMENT
    1. The act of placing, or the state of being placed. 2. Position; place.
  • PLACENTARY
    Having reference to the placenta; as, the placentary system of classification.
  • BARBADIAN
    Of or pertaining to Barbados. -- n.
  • PLACE-KICK
    To make a place kick; to make by a place kick. -- Place"-kick`er, n.
  • FEATHER-FEW
    Feverfew.
  • FEATHER-VEINED
    Having the veins diverging from the two sides of a midrib.
  • PLACID
    Pleased; contented; unruffied; undisturbed; serene; peaceful; tranquil; quiet; gentle. "That placid aspect and meek regard." Milton. "Sleeping . . . the placid sleep of infancy." Macaulay.
  • OFFENSELESS
    Unoffending; inoffensive.
  • BROADLY
    In a broad manner.
  • FEATHER-FOIL
    An aquatic plant , having finely divided leaves.
  • BROAD
    Characterized by breadth. See Breadth. 9. Cross; coarse; indelicate; as, a broad compliment; a broad joke; broad humor. 10. Strongly marked; as, a broad Scotch accent. Note: Broad is often used in compounds to signify wide, large, etc.;
  • BARBITON
    An ancient Greek instrument resembling a lyre.
  • POINT SWITCH
    A switch made up of a rail from each track, both rails being tapered far back and connected to throw alongside the through rail of either track.
  • BROADCLOTH
    A fine smooth-faced woolen cloth for men's garments, usually of double width ; -- so called in distinction from woolens three quarters of a yard wide.
  • WEAPONRY
    Weapons, collectively; as, an array of weaponry.
  • UNPLACABLE
    Implacable.
  • COVER-POINT
    The fielder in the games of cricket and lacrosse who supports "point."
  • REPLACEMENT
    The removal of an edge or an angle by one or more planes. (more info) 1. The act of replacing.
  • RHABARBARIN; RHABARBARINE
    Chrysophanic acid.
  • REBARBARIZE
    To reduce again to barbarism. -- Re*bar`ba*ri*za"tion, n. Germany . . . rebarbarized by polemical theology and religious wars. Sir W. Hamilton.

 

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