Ar|row

ar|row «AR oh», noun, verb.

–n.

1. a slender, pointed shaft or stick for shooting from a bow.

2. anything like an arrow in shape or speed: »

Figurative. Arrows of lightning shot across the sky.

3. a sign used to show direction or position in maps, on road signs, on traffic lights, and to mark important items in writing.

–v.t.

1. to mark with an arrow to show direction or importance: »

The most important points are arrowed in the left margin.

2. to move swiftly toward and penetrate, like an arrow: »

... the pickerel would occasionally arrow the surface (Atlantic).

–v.i.

to move very swiftly, like an arrow: »

... in less than three minutes, the plane arrowed upward to 75,000 feet (Newsweek).

╂[Old English arwe]

–ar´row|like´, adjective.

Ar|row «AR oh», noun.

= Sagitta. (Cf. ↑Sagitta)