ASSEGAIS

ASSEGAI

assegai, assagai

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

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Noun

assegais

plural of assegai

Verb

assegais

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of assegai

Source: Wiktionary


ASSEGAI

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



RESET




Word of the Day

7 November 2024

ERASE

(verb) remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing; “Please erase the formula on the blackboard--it is wrong!”


coffee icon

Coffee Trivia

Brazil is the largest coffee producer in the world. Each year Brazil exports more than 44 million bags of coffee. Vietnam follows at exporting over 27 million bags each year.

coffee icon