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 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
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
Doppie over there, and Doppie over there,” he said, pointing in opposite directions with his assagai.
From Charge! A Story of Briton and Boer by Fenn, George Manville
Jerry referred to a wound which an assagai aimed at his heart had that day inflicted on his nose.
From The Settler and the Savage by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)
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