*arrow*

n. (Bot.) An herbaceous grasslike plant (Triglochin palustre, and other species) with pods opening so as to suggest barbed arrowheads. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. the pointed head or striking tip of an arrow. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) An aquatic plant of the genus Sagittaria, esp. Sagittaria sagittifolia, -- named from the shape of the leaves. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Shaped like the head of an arrow; cuneiform. [ 1913 Webster ]

Arrowheaded characters, characters the elements of which consist of strokes resembling arrowheads, nailheads, or wedges; -- hence called also nail-headed, wedge-formed, cuneiform, or cuneatic characters; the oldest written characters used in the country about the Tigris and Euphrates, and subsequently in Persia, and abounding among the ruins of Persepolis, Nineveh, and Babylon. See Cuneiform. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. (Bot.) A white-flowered west Indian plant of the genus Maranta, esp. Maranta arundinacea, now cultivated in many hot countries. Its root yields arrowroot starch. It said that the Indians used the roots to neutralize the venom in wounds made by poisoned arrows.
Syn. -- arrowroot, American arrowroot, obedience plant. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A nutritive starch obtained from the rootstocks of Maranta arundinacea, and used as food, esp. for children an invalids; also, a similar starch obtained from other plants, as various species of Maranta and Curcuma. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. (Botany) like an arrow head without flaring base lobes; -- of a leaf shape.
Syn. -- sagittate, sagittiform. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. A shrub (Viburnum dentatum) growing in damp woods and thickets; -- so called from the long, straight, slender shoots. Also, any of several other similar small trees whose straight shoots were used for making arrows. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. any plant (Viburnum recognitum) closely related to southern arrow wood; eastern U.S. Maine to Ohio and Georgia.
Syn. -- arrow wood. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. (Zool.) A peculiar transparent worm of the genus Sagitta, living at the surface of the sea. See Sagitta. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Consisting of arrows. [ 1913 Webster ]

How quick they wheeled, and flying, behind them shot
Sharp sleet of arrowy showers. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Formed or moving like, or in any respect resembling, an arrow; swift; darting; piercing. “His arrowy tongue.” Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

By the blue rushing of the arrowy Rhone. Byron. [ 1913 Webster ]

With arrowy vitalities, vivacities, and ingenuities. Carlyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. barow, fr. AS. beran to bear. See Bear to support, and cf. Bier. ] 1. A support having handles, and with or without a wheel, on which heavy or bulky things can be transported by hand. See Handbarrow, and Wheelbarrow. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Salt Works) A wicker case, in which salt is put to drain. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. barow, bargh, AS. bearg, bearh; akin to Icel. börgr, OHG. barh, barug, G. barch. √95. ] A hog, esp. a male hog castrated. Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. bergh, AS. beorg, beorh, hill, sepulchral mound; akin to G. berg mountain, Goth. bairgahei hill, hilly country, and perh. to Skr. b&rsdot_;hant high, OIr. brigh mountain. Cf. Berg, Berry a mound, and Borough an incorporated town. ] 1. A large mound of earth or stones over the remains of the dead; a tumulus. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Mining) A heap of rubbish, attle, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Eccl. Hist.) A follower of Henry Barrowe, one of the founders of Independency or Congregationalism in England. Barrowe was executed for nonconformity in 1593. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Ir & Gael. carach cunning. ] A strolling gamester. [ Ireland ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. & i. [ imp. & p. p. Farrowed p. pr. & vb. n. Farrowing. ] To bring forth (young); -- said only of swine. Tusser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ AS. fearh a little pig; a akin to OHG. farh, farah, pig, dim. farheli little pig, G. fercel, D. varken pig, Lith. parszas OIr. orc, L. porcus, Gr. po`rkos. Cf. Pork. ] A litter of pigs. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. Scot. ferry cow a cow that is not with calf, D. vaarkoe, vaars, heifer, G. färse, AS. fearr bull, G. farre. Cf. Heifer. ] Not producing young in a given season or year; -- said only of cows. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ If a cow has had a calf, but fails in a subsequent year, she is said to be farrow, or to go farrow. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A frame or barrow, without a wheel, carried by hand. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. harowe, harwe, AS. hearge; cf. D. hark rake, G. harke, Icel. herfi harrow, Dan. harve, Sw. harf. √16. ] 1. An implement of agriculture, usually formed of pieces of timber or metal crossing each other, and set with iron or wooden teeth. It is drawn over plowed land to level it and break the clods, to stir the soil and make it fine, or to cover seed when sown. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Mil.) An obstacle formed by turning an ordinary harrow upside down, the frame being buried. [ 1913 Webster ]

Bush harrow, a kind of light harrow made of bushes, for harrowing grass lands and covering seeds, or to finish the work of a toothed harrow. --
Drill harrow. See under 6th Drill. --
Under the harrow, subjected to actual torture with a toothed instrument, or to great affliction or oppression. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Harrowed p. pr. & vb. n. Harrowing. ] [ OE. harowen, harwen; cf. Dan. harve. See Harrow, n. ] 1. To draw a harrow over, as for the purpose of breaking clods and leveling the surface, or for covering seed; as, to harrow land. [ 1913 Webster ]

Will he harrow the valleys after thee? Job xxxix. 10. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To break or tear, as with a harrow; to wound; to lacerate; to torment or distress; to vex. [ 1913 Webster ]

My aged muscles harrowed up with whips. Rowe. [ 1913 Webster ]

I could a tale unfold, whose lightest word
Would harrow up thy soul. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

interj. [ OF. harau, haro; fr. OHG. hara, hera, herot, or fr. OS. herod hither, akin to E. here. ] Help! Halloo! An exclamation of distress; a call for succor; -- the ancient Norman hue and cry. “Harrow and well away!” Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

Harrow! alas! here lies my fellow slain. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ See Harry. ] To pillage; to harry; to oppress. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

Meaning thereby to harrow his people. Bacon [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who harrows. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who harries. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. marou, mary, maruh, AS. mearg, mearh; akin to OS. marg, D. merg, G. Mark, OHG. marg, marag, Icel. mergr, Sw. merg, Dan. marv, Skr. majjan; cf. Skr. majj to sink, L. mergere. √274 Cf. Merge. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. (Anat.) The tissue which fills the cavities of most bones; the medulla. In the larger cavities it is commonly very fatty, but in the smaller cavities it is much less fatty, and red or reddish in color. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The essence; the best part. [ 1913 Webster ]

It takes from our achievements . . .
The pith and marrow of our attribute. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. [ OE. maru, maro; -- perh. a different word; cf. Gael. maraon together. ] One of a pair; a match; a companion; an intimate associate. [ Scot. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Chopping and changing I can not commend,
With thief or his marrow, for fear of ill end. Tusser. [ 1913 Webster ]

Marrow squash (Bot.), a name given to several varieties of squash, esp. to the Boston marrow, an ovoid fruit, pointed at both ends, and with reddish yellow flesh, and to the vegetable marrow, a variety of an ovoid form, and having a soft texture and fine grain resembling marrow. --
Spinal marrow. (Anat.) See Spinal cord, under Spinal. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Marrowed p. pr. & vb. n. Marrowing. ] To fill with, or as with, marrow or fat; to glut. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A bone containing marrow; pl. ludicrously, knee bones or knees; as, to get down on one's marrowbones, i. e., to kneel. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A rich but late variety of pea. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of the nature of, or like, marrow. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Destitute of marrow. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Full of marrow; pithy. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Compar. Narrower superl. Narrowest. ] [ OE. narwe, naru, AS. nearu; akin to OS. naru, naro. ] 1. Of little breadth; not wide or broad; having little distance from side to side; as, a narrow board; a narrow street; a narrow hem. [ 1913 Webster ]

Hath passed in safety through the narrow seas. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Of little extent; very limited; circumscribed. [ 1913 Webster ]

The Jews were but a small nation, and confined to a narrow compass in the world. Bp. Wilkins. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Having but a little margin; having barely sufficient space, time, or number, etc.; close; near{ 5 }; -- with special reference to some peril or misfortune; as, a narrow shot; a narrow escape; a narrow miss; a narrow majority. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Limited as to means; straitened; pinching; as, narrow circumstances. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. Contracted; of limited scope; illiberal; bigoted; as, a narrow mind; narrow views. “A narrow understanding.” Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. Parsimonious; niggardly; covetous; selfish. [ 1913 Webster ]

A very narrow and stinted charity. Smalridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. Scrutinizing in detail; close; accurate; exact. [ 1913 Webster ]

But first with narrow search I must walk round
This garden, and no corner leave unspied. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

8. (Phon.) Formed (as a vowel) by a close position of some part of the tongue in relation to the palate; or (according to Bell) by a tense condition of the pharynx; -- distinguished from wide; as ē (ēve) and &oomacr_; (f&oomacr_;d), etc., from &ibreve_; (&ibreve_;ll) and &oobreve_; (f&oobreve_;t), etc. See Guide to Pronunciation, §13. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Narrow is not unfrequently prefixed to words, especially to participles and adjectives, forming compounds of obvious signification; as, narrow-bordered, narrow-brimmed, narrow-breasted, narrow-edged, narrow-faced, narrow-headed, narrow-leaved, narrow-pointed, narrow-souled, narrow-sphered, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

Narrow gauge. (Railroad) See Note under Gauge, n., 6. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Narrows A narrow passage; esp., a contracted part of a stream, lake, or sea; a strait connecting two bodies of water; -- usually in the plural; as, The Narrows of New York harbor. [ 1913 Webster ]

Near the island lay on one side the jaws of a dangerous
narrow. Gladstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Narrowed p. pr. & vb. n. Narrowing. ] [ AS. nearwian. ] 1. To lessen the breadth of; to contract; to draw into a smaller compass; to reduce the width or extent of. Sir W. Temple. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To contract the reach or sphere of; to make less liberal or more selfish; to limit; to confine; to restrict; as, to narrow one's views or knowledge; to narrow a question in discussion. [ 1913 Webster ]

Our knowledge is much more narrowed if we confine ourselves to our own solitary reasonings. I. Watts. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Knitting) To contract the size of, as a stocking, by taking two stitches into one. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. 1. To become less broad; to contract; to become narrower; as, the sea narrows into a strait. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Man.) Not to step out enough to the one hand or the other; as, a horse narrows. Farrier's Dict. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Knitting) To contract the size of a stocking or other knit article, by taking two stitches into one. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. reduced in size as if by being squeezed.
Syn. -- constricted. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. One who, or that which, narrows or contracts. Hannah More. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The act of contracting, or of making or becoming less in breadth or extent. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The part of a stocking which is narrowed. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. [ AS. nearulice. ] 1. With little breadth; in a narrow manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Without much extent; contractedly. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. With minute scrutiny; closely; as, to look or watch narrowly; to search narrowly. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. With a little margin or space; by a small distance; hence, closely; hardly; barely; only just; -- often with reference to an avoided danger or misfortune; as, he narrowly escaped. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. Sparingly; parsimoniously. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. With close adherence to the literal meaning of a text; as, to interpret narrowly; to construe narrowly; to read narrowly; -- used especially of laws and contracts. [ PJC ]

a. Of narrow mental scope; lacking tolerance or breadth of view; illiberal; mean. Opposite of broad-minded, open-minded, liberal. [ wns=2 ] [ Narrower terms: dogmatic, dogmatical; little, petty, small, small-minded ]
Syn. -- narrowminded, narrow, illiberal, intolerant. [ 1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5 ]

2. Capable of being shocked by behavior of others. Opposite of unshockable. [ wns=1 ]
Syn. -- shockable. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

-- Nar"row-mind`ed*ness, n. [1913 Webster]

n. [ AS. nearunes. ] The condition or quality of being narrow. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) A European leguminous plant (Ononis arvensis) with long, tough roots. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Zool.) A squid of the genus Ommastrephes. See Squid. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Zool.) A sea purse. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. sparwe, AS. spearwa; akin to OHG. sparo, G. sperling, Icel. spörr, Dan. spurv, spurre, Sw. sparf, Goth. sparwa; -- originally, probably, the quiverer or flutterer, and akin to E. spurn. See Spurn, and cf. Spavin. ] 1. (Zool.) One of many species of small singing birds of the family Fringilligae, having conical bills, and feeding chiefly on seeds. Many sparrows are called also finches, and buntings. The common sparrow, or house sparrow, of Europe (Passer domesticus) is noted for its familiarity, its voracity, its attachment to its young, and its fecundity. See House sparrow, under House. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The following American species are well known; the chipping sparrow, or chippy, the sage sparrow, the savanna sparrow, the song sparrow, the tree sparrow, and the white-throated sparrow (see Peabody bird). See these terms under Sage, Savanna, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) Any one of several small singing birds somewhat resembling the true sparrows in form or habits, as the European hedge sparrow. See under Hedge. [ 1913 Webster ]

He that doth the ravens feed,
Yea, providently caters for the sparrow,
Be comfort to my age! Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Field sparrow,
Fox sparrow, etc. See under Field, Fox, etc. --
Sparrow bill, a small nail; a castiron shoe nail; a sparable. --
Sparrow hawk. (Zool.) (a) A small European hawk (Accipiter nisus) or any of the allied species. (b) A small American falcon (Falco sparverius). (c) The Australian collared sparrow hawk (Accipiter torquatus). The name is applied to other small hawks, as the European kestrel and the New Zealand quail hawk. --
Sparrow owl (Zool.), a small owl (Glaucidium passerinum) found both in the Old World and the New. The name is also applied to other species of small owls. --
Sparrow spear (Zool.), the female of the reed bunting. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Corrupted from asparagus. ] Asparagus. [ Colloq. ] See the Note under Asparagus. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) An evergreen shrub of the genus Erica (Erica passerina). [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) The giant cactus (Cereus giganteus); -- so named by the Indians of Arizona. Called also saguaro. [ 1913 Webster ]