Arrow

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Arrow \Ar"row\, n. [OE. arewe, AS. arewe, earh; akin to Icel.
     ["o]r, ["o]rvar, 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}.
     (a) An arrow with a broad head.
     (b) A mark placed upon British ordnance and government
         stores, which bears a rude resemblance to a broad
         arrowhead.
         [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  arrow
       n 1: a mark to indicate a direction or relation [syn: {pointer}]
       2: a projectile with a straight thin shaft and an arrowhead on
          one end and stabilizing vanes on the other; intended to be
          shot from a bow

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  62 Moby Thesaurus words for "arrow":
     antelope, arrowhead, barb, blaze, blue darter, blue streak,
     bobtailed arrow, bolt, cannonball, chested arrow, cloth yard shaft,
     compass needle, courser, dart, direction, direction post, eagle,
     electricity, express train, finger post, fist, flash, flight,
     gazelle, greased lightning, greyhound, guide, guideboard,
     guidepost, hand, hare, hour hand, index, index finger, jet plane,
     lead, light, lightning, lubber line, mercury, milepost,
     minute hand, needle, pointer, quarrel, quicksilver, reed, rocket,
     scared rabbit, shaft, shot, signboard, signpost, streak,
     streak of lightning, striped snake, swallow, thought, thunderbolt,
     torrent, volley, wind