arrow-headedadj.
/ˌarə(ʊ)ˈhɛdᵻd/, U.S. /ˈɛroʊˌhɛdəd/ 1. Shaped like an arrowhead; having a head or pointed end shaped like that of an arrow.
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the world > space > shape > fact or condition of tapering > condition of tapering to a point > [adjective]
piked1269
pointedc1325
sharp1340
peakedc1350
pricked?a1425
sharp-pointed1530
acuatea1550
piquant1549
picked1552
corned?c1562
arrow-headed1567
acuminated1578
pointing1578
acute1598
exasperated1608
spitted1626
pointy1644
sagittal1656
pecked1662
piqued1689
spired1694
piky1741
spiky1743
spiry1777
apexed1813
beak-shaped1830
peaky1832
apiculated1839
cusped1888
sagittiform1895
cuspate1896
1567 J. Maplet Greene Forest ii. f. 56v Brode aboute the middle of the bodie, but at the top Arrow headed, or Pinnaclelike.
1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes at Trisulca Having three edges, or three-forked, an arrow-headed tongue.
1640 J. Parkinson Theatrum Botanicum xiii. xxviii. 1187 Gramen Triglochin. Arrow headed Grasse.
1699 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 21 297 This Shell was..beset with Arrow-headed Brown Marks.
1705 E. Scarburgh Eng. Euclide 28 The Arrow-headed Figure.
1770 J. Hill Veg. Syst. XVII. 9 Sticky Sage... The Leaves are hearted, arrow-headed, and sharply serrated.
1830 Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc. 3 412 Some specimens of cylindricus are so much charged with these arrow-headed marks as almost to obliterate the yellow ground of the epidermis.
1866 G. Bancroft Hist. U.S. IX. xiv. 243 At Princeton, where Donop had thrown up arrow-headed earthworks.
1921 Med. Rec. 16 July 89/1 There are nine sorts of needles, each with its special indications, arrow-headed, round, blunt, and so on.
1982 Jrnl. Soc. Archit. Hist. 41 196/2 The dark arrowheaded bastion.
2016 Farmers Weekly (Nexis) 29 Jan. This arrow-headed attachment is specifically designed to deal with stubborn deposits.
2. spec. = cuneiform adj. 2a. Cf. arrowhead adj. 1.
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society > communication > writing > handwriting or style of > formation of letters > [adjective] > other forms
arrow-headed1799
nail-headed1801
arrowhead1805
blind1820
crossed1834
ligulate1863
ligulated1864
ligated1866
pot-hooked1898
calculiform1900
1799 Oriental Coll. II. 57 It is evident, from his attempt to imitate the arrow-headed character, that the compiler, or transcriber, had seen either the inscriptions at Istakhar, or copies of them.
1829 J. Kenrick in Philos. Mag. May 321 The inscriptions have been called arrow-headed, nailheaded, or cuneiform.
1894 Atlantic Monthly Mar. 306/1 I knew that the squire took much interest in the Arrowheaded Inscriptions.
1918 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 30 Nov. 593/1 A Babylonian tablet of baked clay, beset with arrow-headed, or cuneiform, characters.
1947 Mod. Lang. Notes 62 448 The arrow-headed inscriptions of Cyrus and Xerxes.
2007 D. Li & Y. Du Artific. Intelligence with Uncertainty iii. 51 The arrowheaded characters reveal the codes of Hammurabi in ancient Babylon to the current world.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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