assagai

[ as-uh-gahy ]

noun

assagaied assagaiingplural: assagais

1. a variant of assegai.

assagai

/ ˈæsəˌɡaɪ /

noun

1. a variant spelling of assegai

Example Sentences

These weapons, assegais, which are spears, and knobkerries, wooden sticks with a heavy wooden head, are actual weapons with which Inkatha members killed ANC members.

From Literature

Collect a good lot of assegais and other useful props.

From Project Gutenberg

They say that there are altogether three thousand muskets, six million rounds of ball cartridge, and half-a-million assegais in the hands of the natives.

From Project Gutenberg

The women appeal plaintively to the men, who slowly withdraw, stamping on the ground and darting their short spears or assegais towards the sky.

From Project Gutenberg

The savages were in full war costume and made a splendid picture as they marched, the sun reflecting from their black shoulders and assegais.

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