OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 32089

assegai

/ˈæsəɡaɪ/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
azagaya
A slim hardwood spear or javelin with an iron tip, especially those used by Bantu peoples of Southern Africa.
But now the Moormen, stalking o'er the strand / to guard the wat'ery stores the strangers need; / this, targe on arm and assegai in hand, / that, with his bended bow, and venom'd r…
My client welcomed the judge […] and they disappeared together into the Ethiopian card-room, which was filled with the assegais and exclamation point shields Mr. Cooke had had made…
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