Hypertext Webster Gateway: "birdbolt"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Birdbolt \Bird"bolt`\, n.
A short blunt arrow for killing birds without piercing them.
Hence: Anything which smites without penetrating. --Shak.
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