dartlev.
/ˈdɑːt(ə)l/ rare.
To dart or shoot forth repeatedly (transitive and intransitive).
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > letting or sending out > let or send out [verb (transitive)] > emit > suddenly or swiftly
shootc1480
dart1593
dartle1855
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > go or come out [verb (intransitive)] > suddenly
springeOE
outleaplOE
outspring?a1200
loukc1275
start?1316
bursta1325
to start outa1382
out-braida1400
sprentc1400
thringa1500
flush1548
flunge1582
protrude1626
explode1840
flounce1865
plunge1891
dartle1893
1855 R. Browning My Star My star that dartles the red and the blue.
1893 Athenæum 18 Mar. 346/2 He..showed me the chestnut logs which spit and dartle, the birch logs which smoke and moulder.
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