DART

Dart. Dart
An instrument of war; a light spear. “Fiery darts” (Eph. 6:16) are so called in allusion to the habit of discharging darts from the bow while they are on fire or armed with some combustible material. Arrows are compared to lightning (Deut. 32:23, 42; Ps. 7:13; 120:4).

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DART. → A light javelin Nu 25:7; 1Sa 18:10; 2Sa 18:14; Job 41:29 → FIGURATIVE Eph 6:16

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dart. Dart, n. a weapon thrown by the hand

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Dart (?), n. [[OF. dart, of German origin; cf. OHG. tart javelin, dart, AS. dara�, daro�, Sw. dart dagger, Icel. darra�r dart.]] 1. 1. A pointed missile weapon, intended to be thrown by the hand; a short lance; a javelin; hence, any sharp-pointed missile weapon, as an arrow.
And he took three darts in his hand, and thrust them through the heart of Absalom. 2 Sa. xviii. 14. 2. 2. Anything resembling a dart; anything that pierces or wounds like a dart.
The artful inquiry, whose venomed dart Scarce wounds the hearing while it stabs the heart. Hannan More. 3. 3. A spear set as a prize in running. Chaucer.
4. 4. (Zoöl.) A fish; the dace. See Dace.
Dart sac (Zoöl.), a sac connected with the reproductive organs of land snails, which contains a dart, or arrowlike structure.