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t. [Pref. ar Lat. ad, and Eng. round, s.) To surround. ( Heath: Odes of llorace, i. 7.) ăr-rōw, * ǎr'-ōwe, * ǎr-we (pl. arrōws, *ăr'-rōweş, *ar'-wěş, *ar-wěn), s. [A.S. are we, aruwe , arwe ; from ar = ore (Bosworth), earhan arrow going, archery; O. Icel. ör , plur. orvar = arrow ( Stratmann , Wedgwood, .). Mahn brings it from Wel. arf , arv weapon; Arm., Fr., & Gael. arm; Lat. arm a = arms. Other derivations have been given.] I. Lit .: A mi ile weapon designed to be propelled by the impulse communicated by the snapping of the string of a bow, temporarily bent into an angular form, back to its normal state of rest in a straight line. To make the wound it inflicts more deadly, and prevent its being easily pulled out, it is barbed at the tip, and often poisoned, whilst at the other extremity it is feathered, to make it move more directly forward. [ARCHERY.] "An lamech droge is arwe ner." Story of Gen. & Ezod . (ed. Morris), 478. "... that which com maund eth bowes and arrowes . -Spenser: Present State of Ireland. "And as the lad ran, he shot an arrow beyond him." -1 Sam. xx. 36. II. Fig .: In Scripture arrows signify or symbolise (1) bitter words (Ps. lxiv. 3); (2) false words (Jer. ix. 8); (3) a false witne ; (4) affliction divinely sent (Lam. iii. 12, 13; Job vi. 4; Ps. xxxviii. 2); (5) the judgments of God on sinful nations or individuals (Numb. xxiv. 8; Deut. xxxii. 23), or more specifically (a) famine (Ezek. v. 16, .), (b) lightning (2 Sam. xxii. 14, 15; Ps. xviii. 14; Zech. ix. 14); (6) children, especially stalwart sons (Ps. cxxvii. 4). 1. Her .: Arrows are often represented on coats of arms, either singly or in sheaves, i.c., in bundles. A broad arrow is one with a head resembling a pheon, except in wanting the engrailing or jagging on the inner edge. [See 2.] (Glo . of Heraldry .) A ↓ is the 2. Surveying: "broad arrow name applied to the mark cut by the officers of the Ordnance Department conducting the trigonometrical survey, to note the points from which their several measurements are made. IMG:content-0766.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-0767.png:[blocks in formation] 314 3. Bot . The English name of the botanical genus Sagitta ria. It is so called because its leaves resemble an arrow-head. There is one British species, the Common Arrow-head ( Sagitta ria sagittifolia ). [SAGITTA RIA]