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arrowhead

[ ar-oh-hed ]

noun

  1. the head or tip of an arrow, usually separable from the shaft and conventionally wedge-shaped.
  2. anything resembling or having the conventional shape of an arrowhead.
  3. Also called swamp po·ta·to [swomp, p, uh, -tey-toh, p, uh, -tey-t, uh]. any aquatic or bog plant of the genus Sagittaria, having usually arrowhead-shaped leaves and clusters of white flowers.
  4. any of several other plants having arrowhead-shaped leaves.
  5. the dartlike form in an egg-and-dart ornament.


arrowhead

/ ˈæ°ùəʊˌ³óÉ›»å /

noun

  1. the pointed tip of an arrow, often removable from the shaft
  2. something that resembles the head of an arrow in shape, such as a triangular decoration on garments used to reinforce joins
  3. any aquatic herbaceous plant of the genus Sagittaria, esp S. sagittifolia, having arrow-shaped aerial leaves and linear submerged leaves: family Alismataceae
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of arrowhead1

1350–1400; Middle English arwe he ( ve ) d; arrow, head
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Think of it like an arrow, where the arrowhead holds a portion of the information and the arrow tail holds the rest, Lee said.

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At burials excavated at one site, over 85 iron objects - knives, arrowhead, rings, chisels, axes and swords - were found inside and outside burial urns.

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The team used it to successfully haft two flint arrowheads to wooden handles.

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Department of Interior for “unwarranted and relentless†trademark claims in a battle over the use of an arrowhead logo.

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There are lots of examples of violent death from the Neolithic, but the evidence is usually clear in skeletal remains: crushed skulls or marks from sharp stone arrowheads, for example.

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