Careful Words

arrow (n.)

arrow (v.)

arrow (adj.)

The Devil hath not, in all his quiver's choice,

An arrow for the heart like a sweet voice.

Lord Byron 1788-1824: Don Juan. Canto xv. Stanza 13.

Like an arrow shot

From a well-experienc'd archer hits the mark

His eye doth level at.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616): Pericles. Act i. Sc. 1.

I have shot mine arrow o'er the house,

And hurt my brother.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616): Hamlet. Act v. Sc. 2.