A pointed missile weapon to be thrown by the hand; a short lance.

Any missile weapon; that which pierces and wounds. And from about her shot darts of desire.

To throw a pointed instrument with a sudden thrust; as, to dart a javelin.

To throw suddenly or rapidly; to send; to emit; to shoot; applied to small objects, which pass with velocity; as, the sun darts his beams on the earth. Or what ill eyes malignant glances dart. Pope.

To fly or shoot, as a dart; to fly rapidly: .

To spring and run with velocity; to start suddenly and run; as, the deer darted from the thicket.