Dart /(därt)/

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.

   And he [Joab] took three darts in his hand, and thrust them through the heart of Absalom.

2. Anything resembling a dart; anything that pierces or wounds like a dart.

   The artful inquiry, whose venomed dart Scarce wounds the hearing while it stabs the heart.

3. A spear set as a prize in running. [Obs.]
4. A fish; the dace. See Dace. (Zool.)

imp. & p. p. Darted; p. pr. & vb. n. Darting

1. To throw with a sudden effort or thrust, as a dart or other missile weapon; to hurl or launch.
2. To throw suddenly or rapidly; to send forth; to emit; to shoot; as, the sun darts forth his beams.

   Or what ill eyes malignant glances dart?

1. To fly or pass swiftly, as a dart.
2. To start and run with velocity; to shoot rapidly along; as, the deer darted from the thicket.