sun-darts en · NOUN
Etymology
From sun + dart.
Meanings
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(nonce-word, plural, plural-only, poetic) Sunbeams.
Like sun-darts wing'd from the silver bow, They smote the spear and the turban'd brow […]
1823, Felicia Hemans, The Storm of Delphi And the lightnings in their play Flash'd forth, like javelins thrown