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It is the ancestor of some rather jokey English words including "toxophilite" meaning archer - and the main element in a host of words in Greek covering almost every aspect of bowmanship.

Toxophilite, tok-sof′i-līt, n. a lover of archery: an archer.—adj.

Many a toxophilite gathered last week at the Westchester-Biltmore Country Club, Rye, N. Y., saw arrows shot into the air, but knew they landed and where, for the occasion was the championship tournament of the National Archery Association.

Into the gold bull's-eye of the 48-in. target at Canandaigua last week the arrows loosed by a lanky toxophilite from Coldwater, Mich., thumped most consistently.

Mrs. Cummings became a toxophilite at the age of nine; now in her late 20's, she shoots with placid abandon from an orthodox position with her heels at right angles to a line drawn from the gold.