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Meaning of SAGITTARY

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
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  1. \Sag"it*ta"ry\, n. [See {Sagittarius}.]
    1. (Myth.) A centaur; a fabulous being, half man, half horse,
       armed with a bow and quiver. --Shak.
    2. The Arsenal in Venice; -- so called from having a figure
       of an archer over the door. --Shak.
    
  2. \Sag"it*ta*ry\, a. [L. sagittarius.]
    Pertaining to, or resembling, an arrow. --Sir T. Browne.
    
 
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