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

We'll have to worry about spears," Tony said, "but the Ifugao spear is primarily a stabbing weapon, and they are not the marksmen that the Zulu is with an assagai.

From The Golden Skull by Goodwin, Harold L. (Harold Leland)

“Dah!” he said, pointing behind him with the dangerous-looking assagai he carried.

From Charge! A Story of Briton and Boer by Fenn, George Manville

Abruptly halting at one spot, he cast down an assagai, and ordered the people to dig—an operation which produced, as it generally did, a tuft of fur and some beads.

From Richard Galbraith, Mariner Life among the Kaffirs by Phillips, Emma Watts

The bow and arrow, the spear and assagai were the primitive weapons of African warriors; but they have learned the use of fire-arms within the last quarter of a century.

From History of the Negro Race in America From 1619 to 1880. Vol 1 Negroes as Slaves, as Soldiers, and as Citizens by Williams, George Washington