poniard
noun
a small, slender dagger.
poniards
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present tense formof poniard (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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Yes, I now weep poniards, do you see?
From The White Devil by John Webster
In examining this cave he had seen a bow, sabres, and poniards, which might serve for his defence.
From Eastern Tales by Many Story Tellers by L. (Laura) Valentine
In Chapter VI, "swords and poinards" was changed to "swords and poniards".
From The Tangled Skein by Emmuska Orczy, Baroness Orczy
The orchestra and the lords proceed allegro indeed, but not at all pomposo, and at the chorus, in the famous scene of the "benediction of the poniards," they no longer keep to the enjoined allegro.
From A Winter Amid the Ice and Other Thrilling Stories by Jules Verne
Third: I give all my swords, pistols, guns, carbines, short swords, broad swords, poniards, and spurs, to my friend Mr. Denis, who has had the misfortune to kill me.
From The Youth of Jefferson A Chronicle of College Scrapes at Williamsburg, in Virginia, A.D. 1764 by Anonymous
