assegai

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
assegai
    n 1: the slender spear of the Bantu-speaking people of Africa
         [syn: {assegai}, {assagai}]
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Assagai \As"sa*gai\, Assegai \As"se*gai\, n. [Pg. azagaia, Sp.
   azagaya, fr. a Berber word. Cf. {Lancegay}.]
   A spear used by tribes in South Africa as a missile and for
   stabbing, a kind of light javelin.
   [1913 Webster]
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Assegai \As"se*gai\, n.
   Same as {Assagai}.
   [1913 Webster]
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