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

The plucky Zulu boy at once stepped to a corner of the room, snatched up an assagai with an enormous blade, and, shaking a farewell with it, darted out through the doorway.

From With Rifle and Bayonet A Story of the Boer War by Brereton, F. S. (Frederick Sadleir)

I am told, white man, that you possess a wonderful fire weapon with which you can slay at a distance far beyond that to which the strongest of my warriors can hurl an assagai.

From Through Veld and Forest An African Story by Webb, Archibald

The shield and assagai are not, however, done away with.

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

There was a loud rattling noise at the same moment, for Joeboy had reached under the wagon to strike here and there with the shaft of his assagai.

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