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Broad arrow
Arrow Ar"row, n. [OE. arewe, AS. arewe, earh; akin to Icel. ["o]r, ["o]rvar, Goth. arhwazna, and perh. L. arcus bow. Cf. Arc.] A missile weapon of offense, slender, pointed, and usually feathered and barbed, to be shot from a bow. Broad arrow. (a) An arrow with a broad head. (b) A mark placed upon British ordnance and government stores, which bears a rude resemblance to a broad arrowhead.

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- The broad arrow, of which the pheon is a variant, is a stylised representation of a metal arrowhead, comprising a tang and two barbs meeting at a point...
- Bryant paid the entry fee for the site and proceeded to park near the Broad Arrow Café (43°08′47″S 147°51′05″E / 43.14652°S 147.85139°E / -43.14652;...
- Broad Arrow Jack is a penny dreadful written by E. Harcourt Burrage in 1866. Broad Arrow Jack follows the story of John Ashleigh, nicknamed Broad Arrow...
- The Broad Arrow Policy was a policy of the British government from 1691 to preserve tall trees in the American colonies which were of critical use for...
- Shipbuilding—Standard Arrow, Royal Arrow, Sylvan Arrow, and Broad Arrow—all measured 467.6 feet (142.5 m) long and 62.7 feet (19.1 m) wide. While both Standard Arrow and...
- researchers find "contextual support" for the use of these points on arrows: a broad range of animals was hunted, with an emphasis on taxa that prefer closed...
- stamped with the broad arrow to denote crown property. The idea of covering the uniforms of Penal Servitude prisoners with the broad arrow was first introduced...
- The Muni****lity of Broad Arrow-Paddington was a local government area in Western Australia centred on the mining towns of Broad Arrow and Paddington (now...
- The Broad Arrow Road District was an early form of local government area on the Western Australian goldfields. It was established on 15 December 1899...
- banks of cylinders are also called "broad arrow" engines, due to their shape resembling the British government broad arrow property mark. The most common W-type...