Arrows
22. Arrows
See also 416. WEAPONRY .
- arbalist, arbalest
- a crossbowman. Also arcubalist.
- belomancy
- A form of divination in which marks or words are placed on arrows which are then drawn from a quiver at random.
- sagittary
- 1. pertaining to archery.
- 2. resembling an arrow; sagittate.
- sagittate
- shaped like an arrowhead, especially plant leaves shaped like elongated triangles.
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