DARTLE

Etymology

Verb

dartle (third-person singular simple present dartles, present participle dartling, simple past and past participle dartled)

To pierce or shoot through; to dart repeatedly.

Anagrams

• LARTed, alter'd, altred, latred

Source: Wiktionary


Dar"tle, v. t. & i.

Definition: To pierce or shoot through; to dart repeatedly: -- frequentative of dart. My star that dartles the red and the blue. R. Browning.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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