assagai

American  

[as-uh-gahy] / ˈæs əˌgaɪ /

noun

plural

assagais, assagaied, assagaiing

1. a variant of assegai.

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assagai British  

/ ˈæsəˌɡaɪ /

noun

1. a variant spelling of assegai

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Example Sentences

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

Mutchuisho would not allow a man to put an assagai into the elephant until the morrow, and placed two relays of sentries to keep watch on either side of him.

From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 3, August, 1850. by Various

Their weapons were the spear or assagai, and a sort of wooden club, occasionally a crescent-shaped battle-axe, and still less frequently the bow.

From Impressions of South Africa by Bryce, James Bryce, Viscount

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

The bow, arrows, assagai, and clubs of the deceased are hung on the same post.

From A Further Contribution to the Study of the Mortuary Customs of the North American Indians by Yarrow, H. C. (Harry Crécy)