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butt-shaft (n.)

Old form(s): Butshaft , but-shaft

blunt-headed arrow

LLL I.ii.169	[Armado alone] Cupid's butt-shaft is too hard for Hercules' club
RJ II.iv.16	[Mercutio to Benvolio, of Romeo] the very pin of his heart cleft with the blind bow-boy's butt-shaft