assagai

[as-uh-gahy]

noun

plural

assagais , assagaied, assagaiing .

1. a variant of assegai.

assagai

/ ˈæsəˌɡaɪ /

noun

1. a variant spelling of assegai

Example Sentences

That day, the bullets of the Boers were too much for the assegais of the Zulu impis and the water of the nearby river ran red with their blood.

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Collect a good lot of assegais and other useful props.

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They say that there are altogether three thousand muskets, six million rounds of ball cartridge, and half-a-million assegais in the hands of the natives.

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The women appeal plaintively to the men, who slowly withdraw, stamping on the ground and darting their short spears or assegais towards the sky.

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The savages were in full war costume and made a splendid picture as they marched, the sun reflecting from their black shoulders and assegais.

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