n. [ OE. arewe, AS. arewe, earh; akin to Icel. ör, örvar, Goth. arhwazna, and perh. L. arcus bow. Cf. Arc. ] A missile weapon of offense, slender, pointed, and usually feathered and barbed, to be shot from a bow. [ 1913 Webster ]
Broad arrow.
n. (Bot.) An herbaceous grasslike plant (Triglochin palustre, and other species) with pods opening so as to suggest barbed arrowheads. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Shaped like the head of an arrow; cuneiform. [ 1913 Webster ]
Arrowheaded characters,
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n. (Zool.) A peculiar transparent worm of the genus
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How quick they wheeled, and flying, behind them shot
Sharp sleet of arrowy showers. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
By the blue rushing of the arrowy Rhone. Byron. [ 1913 Webster ]
With arrowy vitalities, vivacities, and ingenuities. Carlyle. [ 1913 Webster ]