Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A shaft or dart of love; specifically, Cupid's arrow.
Examples
“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.””
“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.”
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A Love List
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love phrases/words
how love is used
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