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▪ I. darting, vbl. n.|ˈdɑːtɪŋ| [-ing1.] The action of the verb dart, q.v.; throwing or shooting of darts, etc.; rapid movement as of a dart, etc.
1565–73Cooper Thesaurus, Campus iaculatorius, a fielde where men exercise darting. 1626Bacon Sylva §944 Sudden Glances, and Dartings of the Eye. 1694Acc. Sev. Late Voy. ii. (1711) 220 Their Fishing ordinarily is darting, their Darts are long, strongly barbed. 1756Mounsey in Phil. Trans. I. 21 Pain on the stomach..with dartings inwardly. 1839T. Beale Sperm Whale 161 They then make use of the lance either by darting or thrusting. ▪ II. ˈdarting, ppl. a. [-ing2.] That darts (see the verb). 1. trans. Shooting darts; shooting or casting forth like a dart.
1606Shakes. Ant. & Cl. iii. i. 1 Now darting Parthya art thou stroke. 1634Milton Comus 753 Love-darting eyes. c1825Longfellow Burial of Minnisink vii, With darting eye and nostril spread. 2. intr. Moving or shooting swiftly like a dart.
1664Evelyn Kal. Hort. (1729) 197 The sudden darting Heat of the Sun. 1859Tennyson Enid 1318 They vanish'd panic-stricken, like a shoal Of darting fish. Hence ˈdartingly adv., ˈdartingness.
1674N. Fairfax Bulk & Selv. 129 When we give a dartingness to outcasts [i.e. missiles]. 1846Worcester, Dartingly. |