ASSEGAI

assegai, assagai

(noun) the slender spear of the Bantu-speaking people of Africa

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

assegai (plural assegais)

A slim hardwood spear or javelin with an iron tip, especially those used by Bantu peoples of Southern Africa.

The tree species Curtisia dentata, the wood of which is traditionally used to make assegais.

Verb

assegai (third-person singular simple present assegais, present participle assegaiing, simple past and past participle assegaied)

To spear with an assegai.

Source: Wiktionary

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As"sa*gai, As"se*gai, n. Etym: [Pg. azagaia, Sp. azagaya, fr. a Berber word. Cf. Lancegay.]

Definition: A spear used by tribes in South Africa as a missile and for stabbing, a kind of light javelin.

As"se*gai, n.

Definition: Same as Assagai.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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