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Sagittary   Listen
noun
Sagittary  n.  
1.
(Myth.) A centaur; a fabulous being, half man, half horse, armed with a bow and quiver.
2.
The Arsenal in Venice; so called from having a figure of an archer over the door.





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... names of strange people and of foreign kings have the same kind of value as the names of precious stones, and sometimes they are introduced on their own account, apart from the precious work of Arabian or Indian artists. Of this sort is the "dreadful sagittary," who is still retained in Shakespeare's Troilus and Cressida on the ultimate authority (when it comes to be looked into) of Benoit ...
— Epic and Romance - Essays on Medieval Literature • W. P. Ker


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