'Dart sac' definitions:

Definition of 'Dart sac'

From: GCIDE
  • Dart \Dart\ (d[aum]rt), n. [OF. dart, of German origin; cf. OHG. tart javelin, dart, AS. dara[eth], daro[eth], Sw. dart dagger, Icel. darra[eth]r dart.]
  • 1. A pointed missile weapon, intended to be thrown by the hand; a short lance; a javelin; hence, any sharp-pointed missile weapon, as an arrow. [1913 Webster]
  • And he [Joab] took three darts in his hand, and thrust them through the heart of Absalom. --2 Sa. xviii. 14. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Anything resembling a dart; anything that pierces or wounds like a dart. [1913 Webster]
  • The artful inquiry, whose venomed dart Scarce wounds the hearing while it stabs the heart. --Hannan More. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. A spear set as a prize in running. [Obs.] --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. (Zool.) A fish; the dace. See Dace. [1913 Webster]
  • Dart sac (Zool.), a sac connected with the reproductive organs of land snails, which contains a dart, or arrowlike structure. [1913 Webster]