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intransitive. Of a pain: To pass in a sudden paroxysm along the nerves; to dart. Hence of a part of the body, a wound, etc.: To have darting pains.
transferred and figurative. Of leaves, fire: To spring, spring forth, shoot up. Of pain: To shoot. Obsolete.
intransitive. To shoot or throb with pain. dialect.