sun-darts

noun

sun-darts

noun

Etymology From sun + dart.

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Nonce word, Poetic Sunbeams.

  • Like sun-darts wing'd from the silver bow, They smote the spear and the turban'd brow […]1823, Felicia Hemans, The Storm of Delphi And the lightnings in their play Flash'd forth, like javelins thrown

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