assagai
Americannoun
plural
assagais, assagaied, assagaiingnoun
Example Sentences
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Impersonal, implacable, patient, he waits the consummation of justice, knowing his thought will eventually bring his enemy within range of his assagai which he has learned to hurl with his feet.
From Time Magazine Archive
I am told, white man, that you possess a wonderful fire weapon with which you can slay at a distance far beyond that to which the strongest of my warriors can hurl an assagai.
From Through Veld and Forest An African Story by Webb, Archibald
“Are you killed?” asked the comrade, turning to Pringle and glancing at the bent assagai.
From Six Months at the Cape by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)
At all events, when he ceased to pray, and opened his eyes, the Bushman shut his mouth, and poised his assagai in a threatening manner.
From The Settler and the Savage by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)
The hand grasped a light assagai, or darting spear.
From The Settler and the Savage by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)
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