Wararrow

• The War-arrow had been industriously sent round to all the neighbouring shores, peopled largely at that time with men of Norse blood: Emily Lawless, The Story of Ireland, Page 67, G P Putnam’s Sons, New York (1900) - she is referring to the mustering of the Norse forces to engage Brian Boru at the Battle of Clontarf in 1014

• war arrow: any arrow designed with the intention to kill humans or penetrate armor

• Arrow War: the second Opium War (1856–60), also known as the Arrow War or the Anglo-French War in China, was fought by Britain and France against China.