Arrow vs Corroval - What's the difference?
arrow | corroval |
A projectile consisting of a shaft, a point and a tail with stabilizing fins that is shot from a bow.
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A sign or symbol used to indicate a direction (e.g. ).
(lb) A directed edge.
A dart.
To move swiftly and directly (like an arrow)
To let fly swiftly and directly
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(obsolete)
* 1749 , Henry Fielding, Tom Jones , Folio Society 1973, page 153:
A dark brown alkaloid allied to curare, used by the natives of New Granada as an arrow poison.
(Webster 1913)
As nouns the difference between arrow and corroval
is that arrow is a projectile consisting of a shaft, a point and a tail with stabilizing fins that is shot from a bow while corroval is a dark brown alkaloid allied to curare, used by the natives of new granada as an arrow poison.As a verb arrow
is to move swiftly and directly (like an arrow).As a contraction arrow
is (obsolete).arrow
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) (m), (m), from (etyl) earh, (m), (m), from (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)- Orion hit a rabbit once; but though sore wounded it got to the bury, and, struggling in, the arrow caught the side of the hole and was drawn out. Indeed, a nail filed sharp is not of much avail as an arrowhead; you must have it barbed, and that was a little beyond our skill.
Synonyms
* (projectile) streal * (in graph theory) arc, directed edgeDerived terms
* arrowsmith * arrow-finger * arrowhead * arrow of time / time's arrow * arrowroot * arrowy * straight as an arrowSee also
Verb
(en verb)citation, page= , passage=Jermain Defoe dinked in an equaliser and Gareth Bale hit the crossbar for the hosts before Elliott Bennett arrowed in Norwich's winner. }}
Etymology 2
Representing pronunciation.Contraction
(en-cont)- though he hath lived here this many years, I don't believe there is arrow a servant in the house ever saw the colour of his money.