assagai
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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 don’t think he would use his assagai except in an emergency.”
From Charge! A Story of Briton and Boer by Fenn, George Manville
I whispered, turning to him where he squatted with assagai in hand and his shield spread across his knees.
From Charge! A Story of Briton and Boer by Fenn, George Manville
Rising quietly, the trader advanced with a peaceful air, holding the tobacco out to the Bushman, who looked suspicious—and distrustfully shook his assagai; but Stephen took no heed.
From The Settler and the Savage by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)
Joeboy was straining his ears to catch every word, and I saw his face light up as he caught my eye, and he gave his assagai a flourish.
From Charge! A Story of Briton and Boer by Fenn, George Manville
Looking down, I perceived that the hunters were approaching the edge of the bush, which yet concealed them, wriggling through it like snakes, with their assagais ready to hand.
From Richard Galbraith, Mariner Life among the Kaffirs by Phillips, Emma Watts
Sheltering themselves behind stones, Hans and Considine looked eagerly in the direction whence the assagais had been thrown, and the former observed the ears of a horse just appearing over a bush.
From The Settler and the Savage by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)
Then I glided out, my kaross tied up, the tobacco strung round my shoulders, and my shield and assagais in my hand.
From Richard Galbraith, Mariner Life among the Kaffirs by Phillips, Emma Watts
Seizing the assagais of these, they rushed through the midst of their foes, and, as if animated by one mind, made for the homestead below.
From The Settler and the Savage by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)
“But you’ll have to lend me one of your assagais till I can get a rifle.”
From Charge! A Story of Briton and Boer by Fenn, George Manville
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