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 reed[.]
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Assegai
//ˈæsəɡaɪ//
Synonyms for "assegai" (3 found)
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Translations
18 translations across 12 languages.
Afrikaans
3 entries- assegaai noun (slim hardwood spear or javelin with an iron tip)
- assegaaiboom noun (tree species Curtisia dentata)
- assegai noun (tree species Curtisia dentata)
Arabic
1 entries- زَغَايَة noun (slim hardwood spear or javelin with an iron tip)
Catalan
1 entries- atzagaia noun (slim hardwood spear or javelin with an iron tip)
Dutch
2 entries- assagaai noun (slim hardwood spear or javelin with an iron tip)
- assegaai noun (slim hardwood spear or javelin with an iron tip)
French
2 entries- sagaie noun (slim hardwood spear or javelin with an iron tip)
- zagaie noun (slim hardwood spear or javelin with an iron tip)
German
1 entries- Assagai noun (slim hardwood spear or javelin with an iron tip)
Ido
1 entries- zagayo noun (slim hardwood spear or javelin with an iron tip)
Italian
1 entries- zagaglia noun (slim hardwood spear or javelin with an iron tip)
Portuguese
3 entries- azagaia noun (slim hardwood spear or javelin with an iron tip)
- azagaia noun (tree species Curtisia dentata)
- zagaia noun (slim hardwood spear or javelin with an iron tip)
Spanish
1 entries- azagaya noun (slim hardwood spear or javelin with an iron tip)
Swedish
1 entries- assegaj noun (slim hardwood spear or javelin with an iron tip)
Zulu
1 entries- umkhonto noun (slim hardwood spear or javelin with an iron tip)
Sample sentences
6 total sentences available.
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 at the sawmill at Beaverton.
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Native mats covered the clay walls; a collection of spears, assegais, shields, knives was hung up in trophies.
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A birdchief, bluestreaked and feathered in war panoply with his assegai, striding through a crackling canebrake over beechmast and acorns.
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