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Meanings of barb arrow in English

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Usage of barb arrow in English
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In return, Malayadhwaja pierced the son of Drona with a barbed arrow.
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 / Books 8,...
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The idea planted itself with the force of a barbed arrow from a strong-bow.
A Modern Chronicle — Volume 06
3
The weapons of the Baris are finely-wrought lances, and bows with horribly barbed arrows.
Ismailia
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I wasn't planning on getting shot with barbed arrows, but weirder things have happened.
Death masks
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The woman's words had been barbed arrows in her ears.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 20, June, 1859 / A Magazine...
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A, a large barbed arrow from one side of the Plantade shelter (Tarn-et-Garonne).
Manners and Monuments of Prehistoric Peoples
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It was only a few lines; but it contained a barbed arrow that struck and rankled:
Gordon Keith
8
Waiting in my bedchamber when I returned was a little pouch with a barbed arrow wrapped within it.
Helen of troy
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May he who would prefer the war, oh Dionysus, be ever drawing barbed arrows out of his elbows.
The Eleven Comedies, Volume 1
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TRYGAEUS May he who would prefer the war, oh Dionysus, be ever drawing barbed arrows out of his elbows.
Peace
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Even the small boys are armed in this country with bows and barbed arrows, with which they shoot remarkably well.
Ismailia
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Nor could the light mail they wore withstand the rush of the heavy barbed arrows which pierced them through and through.
Queen Sheba's Ring
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He would drive it into them like a barbed arrow-thatnever afterwards in all their lives would they be rid of.
Love's Pilgrimage: A Novel
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We had every known mechanism, from the hand-hurled harpoon, to the blunderbuss firing barbed arrows, to the duck gun with exploding bullets.
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas: An Underwater Tour of th...
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Two helmsmen dropped, and one of the master's mates fell screaming, a footlong wood splinter in his stomach like a barbed arrow.
Success to the Brave
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The suggestion of danger to Kingsley's life had made her wince, and he had added another little barbed arrow to keep the first company.
Donovan Pasha, and Some People of Egypt — Volume 3