Birdbolt

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A short blunt arrow for killing birds without piercing them.
  2. 2
    Anything that smites without penetrating. figuratively

    "To be generous, / guiltless and of free disposition, is to take those / things for bird-bolts that you deem cannon-bullets:"

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"To be generous, / guiltless and of free disposition, is to take those / things for bird-bolts that you deem cannon-bullets:"

Etymology

From bird + bolt.

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