dartle
verbEtymology From dart + -le.
1
To pierce, shoot, or shine through
- my star that dartles the red and the blue1855, Robert Browning, My Star:
2
to dart about.
- The brooks that sometimes run dry, or hide under the smooth stones; In the time of fullness leaping from ledge to ledge down to the big brook that never dries; Where the trout dartle and the pools are shadowy and cool[…]1908, Richard Watson Gilder, The Fire Divine:
- The crimson banners of Samarkand dartled above the low breakers of drifted sand. Plumed helmets swam along the dunes like shark fins over billows.1938, Walter Claremartin, Golden Hour of Guchee: