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arrangement of a series of hits made by a marksman on a butt or mark; as, he made a good target.

Furnished, armed, or protected, with a target.

One who is armed with a target or shield. [Written also targetier.]

le, towards an object or spot with the intent of hitting it; as, to aim at a fox, or at a target.

The point aimed at in a target, marked with a white spot; hence, the object to which anything is directed. Let me still remain The true blank of thine eye. Shak.

The center of a target.

A mark to be shot at; a target. Sir W. Scott. The groom his fellow groom at butts defies, And bends his bow, and levels with his eyes. Dryden.

The center of a target; the bull's-eye.

A small cartridge designed for target shooting; -- sometimes called ball cap. Flobert rifle, a rifle adapted to the use of floberts.

wers are minute and form globular heads. -- Globe sight, a form of front sight placed on target rifles. -- Globe slater (Zoöl.), an isopod crustacean of the genus Spheroma. -- Globe thistle (Bot.), a thistlelike plant with the flowers in large globular heads (Cynara Scolymus); also, certain species of the related ge…

simulating a pigeon in flight, when projected from a spring trap. It is used as a flying target in shooting matches. Knight.

The part of a target which is beyond the circles surrounding the bull's-eye.

A pointed head or spike; esp., one in the center of a shield or target. Beau. & Fl.

Furnished with a pike; ending in a point; peaked; pointed. "With their piked targets bearing them down." Milton.

The bull's eye, or center, of a target; hence, the center. [Obs.] "The very pin of his heart cleft." Shak.

The white spot on a target, at which an arrow or other missile is aimed. [Obs.] Jonson.

A target in the form of a parrot. [Scot.]

To hold before one; to extend. [Obs.] "His target always over her pretended." Spenser.

The point on a target at which an archer aims; the mark; the pin. "They that shooten nearest the prick." Spenser.

er power; as, the resistance of the air to a body passing through it; the resistance of a target to projectiles.