arrowedadj.
/ˈarəʊd/, U.S. /ˈɛroʊd/ 1. Resembling an arrow in shape, motion, or effect. Frequently poetic.
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1647 Mercurius Melancholicus 11–17 Sept. 10 It is no wonder if Heaven frowne upon us, and thrill his arrowed plagues quite thorow the very bowels of us.
1652 E. Benlowes Theophila i. lxv. 9 Sol..shoots delight through Nature with each arrow'd Ray.
1738 Battle fought with Boasters 8 Propitious Reason, lend your mighty Pow'r, And send down arrow'd Arguments a Show'r.
1787 ‘Vicarius’ Sketches of Beauty i. 25 Fire-wing'd That arrow'd ire shot from his thund'rous frown, Shall smite th' unthinking and appalled foe.
1806 J. Grahame Birds Scotl. 70 Now up she rises, and, with arrowed pinions, Impetuous souses.
1876 J. W. Inchbold Annus Amoris 40 Round us arrowed wings sustained their flight In that most beauteous space.
1919 Railway Conductor Dec. 671/2 [The star] stood directly over a Bethlehem Inn, with its gleaming, arrowed rays indicating the place where the great Messiah was uttering his new-born cry.
1997 Early Sci. & Med. 2 260 The use of arrowed brackets..indicates a superlineal insertion in the original manuscript.
2. Provided or equipped with arrows; (of a quiver) filled with arrows.
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > arming or equipping with weapons > [adjective] > with arrows
sagittiferous1656
arrowed1773
1773 R. Fergusson Poems 80 Mirth, love, and bumpers did my hours beguile, And arrowed Cupids round my slumbers flew.
1821 J. Baillie Metrical Legends 42 The arrow'd sportsman strays at will.
1869 H. Hollister Hist. Lackawanna Valley (ed. 2) 81 Lower Smithfield..was so constantly threatened by the arrowed warriors.
1904 V. Brown Tales & Other Verse 71 I give to you a vase and bow, And arrowed quiver.
1999 D. R. Collins et al. Rock Island i. 9 Proud Indians..hunt with arrowed bows.
3.
a. Of a line, diagram, sign, etc.: marked with an arrow or arrows (arrow n. 3), esp. to indicate movement, direction, etc.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > wearing clothing > [adjective] > wearing specific pattern or ornamentation
tatteredc1380
arrowed1876
pin-striped1958
1876 J. H. Guest U.S. Patent 174,233 2/1 The arrowed lines [represent] the passage of the current.
1895 Illustr. London News 14 Dec. 738/1 The arrowed line shows extent of probable submersion if proposed dam is built.
1953 Living Church 17 May 17/3 An attractive..guide to the coronation, with..arrowed diagrams, showing exactly where the participants stand.
1994 Eng. Today Jan. 53/2 This page..goes on to a series of bulleted and arrowed boxes..that foreground the first of the key words.
2015 J. R. Curwood Lucy xxvii. 251 Various arrowed signs gave directions to the fete.
b. Of a prison uniform: marked or patterned with broad arrows. Cf. broad-arrowed adj. at broad arrow n. Derivatives.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [adjective] > of specific pattern
round1490
print1820
Rob Roy1837
Fair Isle1851
broad-arrowed1887
argyll1890
arrowed1895
Tattersall1951
1895 Chums 10 July 723/1 I..liked my arrowed suit less and less every minute.
1930 R. Campbell Adamastor 70 Arrowed like convicts.
1968 Guardian 3 Aug. 8/6 Visions of Frank in arrowed suit and Scrubs' cell.
2008 D. Madden Molly Fox's Birthday (2009) 13 The convict in his arrowed uniform.
4. Pierced, wounded, or killed with an arrow or arrows.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > injury > [adjective] > wounded > wounded by sharp weapon > made by arrow
feathered1721
arrowed1908
1908 E. M. Sneyd-Kynnersley H.M.I. xxv. 296 The visitor to Continental picture galleries catches sight of S. Sebastian—‘arrowed, but unharrowed’.
1926 Boys' Life May 8/1 Only three of the bears were mounted, the arrowed ones are in the museum at San Francisco.
1974 B. Angier Field Guide Edible Wild Plants 32 Its distinctively smooth, light grey, tight, often mottled bark invites carved initials and arrowed hearts.
2014 J. Porterfield Bowfishing ii. 23 An arrowed fish that is still alive and struggling.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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