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Webster 1913 Edition
Arrow
Ar′row
,Noun.
[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.
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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Arrow
AR'ROW
, n.1.
A missive weapon of offense, straight, slender, pointed and barbed, to be shot with a bow.2.
In scripture, the arrows of God are the apprehensions of his wrath, which pierce and pain the conscience. Job 6. Ps. 38. In a like figurative manner, arrows represent the judgments of God, as thunder, lightning, tempests and famine. 2Sam. 22. Ez. 5. Hab. 3. The word is used also for slanderous words and malicious purposes of evil men. Ps. 11. Prov. 25. Jer. 9. Ps. 64.