Assegai

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A light spear or lance, especially one with a short shaft and long blade for close combat, used by Bantu peoples of southern Africa.
  • n. A southern African tree (Curtisia dentata) having wood used for making spears or lances.
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  • n. A slim hardwood spear or javelin with an iron tip, especially those used by Bantu peoples of Southern Africa.
  • n. The tree species Curtisia dentata, because its wood is traditionally used to made assegais.
  • v. To spear with an assegai.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. Same as assagai.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • See assagai.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. the slender spear of the Bantu-speaking people of Africa
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    spear    lance    shaft   
    Variant
    assegais    assagai   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    scalping-knife    war-club    forcep    alpenstock    lead-weighted   
     
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