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Webster 1913 Edition


Birdbolt

Bird′boltˊ

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Noun.
A short blunt arrow for killing birds without piercing them.
Hence:
Anything which smites without penetrating.
Shak.

Webster 1828 Edition


Birdbolt

BIRD'BOLT

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Noun.
[bird and bolt.] An arrow, broad at the end, for shooting birds.

Definition 2024


birdbolt

birdbolt

English

Noun

birdbolt (plural birdbolts)

  1. A short blunt arrow for killing birds without piercing them.
  2. (figuratively) Anything that smites without penetrating.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Shakespeare to this entry?)