Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A shaft or dart of love; specifically, Cupid's arrow.
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The “love-shaft” which was aimed at the “fair vestal,” that is, the Priestess of Diana, whose bud has such prevailing might over “Cupid's flower,” glanced off; so that “the imperial votaress passed on, in maiden meditation, fancy-free.”
Shakespeare His Life Art And Characters Hudson, H N 1872
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The "love-shaft" which was aimed at the "fair vestal," that is, the Priestess of Diana, whose bud has such prevailing might over "Cupid's flower," glanced off; so that "the imperial votaress passèd on, in maiden meditation, fancy-free."
Shakespeare: His Life, Art, And Characters, Volume I. With An Historical Sketch Of The Origin And Growth Of The Drama In England Henry Norman Hudson 1850
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