Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A local English name of the burbot, Molva lota.
- noun A blunt-headed arrow for the longbow or crossbow, formerly used for shooting birds. It was intended to stun without piercing.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A short blunt arrow for killing birds without piercing them.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A short blunt
arrow for killingbirds without piercing them. - noun figuratively Anything that
smites withoutpenetrating .
Etymologies
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bird + bolt
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