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Definition of Dartling
1. dartle [v] - See also: dartle
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dartling
Literary usage of Dartling
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine (1892)
"It blinded me, but now mine eyes are clear, Or else the dartling splendor grows
more mild, And I behold a mother with her child. ..."
2. Poet Lore (1921)
"I have never seen such a star— Such a sulky, snarling, little star— Such a prickly,
dartling, hedgehog-ball of a star, Such a topaz-eyed, spitting, ..."
3. Book of Joyous Children by James Whitcomb Riley (1902)
"Leaking in fainter ruddy stains Adown thy neck-and-armlet-chains Of turquoise,
chrysoprase, and mad Light-frenzied diamonds, dartling glad ..."
4. The Observatory by Royal Astronomical Society (Gran Bretaña), Royal Greenwich Observatory, NASA Astrophysics Data System Abstract Service, Royal astronomical society GB (1899)
"This is shared, we need hardly remind our readers, only by compound objects, no
solitary star " dartling" genuine azure light; so that the bands in the ..."
5. The Influence of Molière on Restoration Comedy by Dudley Howe Miles (1910)
"A short passage will show how the conceit of the metaphysical poets has been
transformed into dartling wit. Jac. I see there's no hope of reconcilement with ..."
6. Notes of a Military Reconnoissance, from Fort Leavenworth, in Missouri, to by William Hemsley Emory (1848)
"... diminishing trees that overhung the Kanzas water; the ing-fisher (alcedo
alcyon) was dartling along, uttering his shrill rattling scream; ..."
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