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
Each also bore an assagai and shield, giving them a most formidable appearance, as with much gesticulation they stared at me.
From Richard Galbraith, Mariner Life among the Kaffirs by Phillips, Emma Watts
Mr Pringle had just fired his rifle, and was reloading when the assagai struck him.
From Six Months at the Cape by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)
The plucky Zulu boy at once stepped to a corner of the room, snatched up an assagai with an enormous blade, and, shaking a farewell with it, darted out through the doorway.
From With Rifle and Bayonet A Story of the Boer War by Brereton, F. S. (Frederick Sadleir)
“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)
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