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Search phrase: archery

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A Midsummer Night's DreamMND III.ii.103Hit with Cupid's archery,Hit with Cupids archery,
Titus AndronicusTit IV.iii.2Sir boy, now let me see your archery.Sir Boy let me see your Archerie,

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Glossary

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aim[archery] show applause, shout approval [of]
aim[archery] guide one's efforts, help one's aim
ApolloGreek sun god, who pulls the sun across the sky in a horse-drawn chariot; god of prophecy [speaking through the Delphi oracle, poetry, music, archery, and healing
buttgoal, aim, target [as in archery]
carry[archery] send, shoot
cleave the pin[archery] split the peg in the middle of a target
clout[archery] pin fixing a target, cloth patch at the centre of a target; mark, bull
cry[archery] show applause, shout approval [of]
draw[archery] draw back a bow-string
flightarchery contest, flight-shooting
forehand[archery] shooting straight ahead
level[archery] direct aim, target, range
loose[archery] moment of release, crucial point
loose[archery] shoot an arrow
Parthian[person] from Parthia, ancient kingdom of W Asia; known for skilled horsemen and archery
pin[archery] peg in the middle of a target; centre
unbent[archery] not bent, not prepared to release an arrow
upshoot[archery] final shot, determining shot
upshotremaining stroke, final shot [as in archery, determining the result]
white[archery] white ring at the centre of a target

Thesaurus

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ahead, shooting straight [in archery]forehand
aim, direct [in archery]level
aim, help one's [in archery]aim
archeryParthian
archeryApollo
archeryclout
archerybutt
archeryloose
archeryupshoot
archerylevel
archerydraw
archeryaim
archeryunbent
archerypin
archerycarry
archeryloose
archeryforehand
archeryaim
archerycleave the pin
archerywhite
archery contestflight
bent, not [in archery]unbent
bull [in archery]clout
centre [in archery]pin
cloth patch at the centre of a target [in archery]clout
contest, archeryflight
determining/final shot [in archery]upshoot
direct aim [in archery]level
guide one's efforts [in archery]aim
mark [in archery]clout
moment of release [archery]loose
peg in the middle of a target [in archery]pin
peg in the middle of a target, split the [in archery]cleave the pin
pin fixing a target [in archery]clout
range [in archery]level
release, moment of [in archery]loose
send [in archery]carry
shooting straight ahead [in archery]forehand
shot, determining/final [in archery]upshoot
split the peg in the middle of a target [in archery]cleave the pin
target [in archery]level
target [in archery]butt
target, white ring at the centre of a [in archery]white
white ring at the centre of a target [in archery]white

Themes and Topics

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Exclamations...t iv iii 64 [titus to lucius of his archery] o well said lucius praise - cf ...
Numbers...rds] fourteen 2h4 iii ii 46 280 [archery distance in yards] fourteen and a ...
...ourteen and a half 2h4 iii ii 46 290 [archery distance in yards] threescore thou...
Gods and goddesses...h the oracle at delphi) poetry music archery and healing also known as phoebus apo...
World [outside Britain], places and peoples... w asia known for skilled horsemen and archery pelion mw ii i 74 mounta...

Words Families

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Word FamilyWord Family GroupWords
ARCHERBASICarchery n
BUTT [archery]BASICbutt n
BUTT [archery]PARTbuttbutt-shaft n butt-end n-end n

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