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broad arrow

1. An arrow with a wide barbed head.

2. Chiefly British A wide arrowhead mark identifying government property.

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Noun	1.	broad arrow - an arrowhead mark identifying British government property marking, mark, marker - a distinguishing symbol; "the owner's mark was on all the sheep"
	2.	broad arrow - a mark shaped like an arrowhead; used to mark convicts' clothing mark - a written or printed symbol (as for punctuation); "his answer was just a punctuation mark"
	3.	broad arrow - an arrow with a wide barbed head arrow - a projectile with a straight thin shaft and an arrowhead on one end and stabilizing vanes on the other; intended to be shot from a bow

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Give me a good stout bow and a fair broad arrow, and if I hit it not, strip me and beat me blue with bowstrings.

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