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1Assegai — Angaben Waffenart: Speer …
2Assegai — As se*gai, n. Same as {Assagai}. [1913 Webster] …
3Assegai — Assegai, Speer der Bantu, Assagai …
4assegai — ► NOUN (pl. assegais) ▪ a slender iron tipped spear used by southern African peoples. ORIGIN Arabic, the spear …
5assegai — [as′ə gī΄] n. [Port azagaia < colloquial Ar az zaghāya < az, for al, the + Berber zaghāyah, spear, prob. < Berber (cf. Tuareg (a)zegiz, long armed dagger)] 1. a slender spear or javelin with an iron tip, used in S Africa 2. a tree… …
6Assegai — An assegai or assagai (originally Berber zaġāya spear , from Old French azagaie Old Spanish azagaya < Arabic az zaġāyah ) is a pole weapon used for throwing or hurling, usually a light spear or javelin made of wood and pointed with iron.… …
7assegai — /as euh guy /, n., pl. assegais, v., assegaied, assegaiing. n. 1. the slender javelin or spear of the Bantu speaking people of southern Africa. 2. a southern African tree, Curtisia dentata, of the dogwood family, from whose wood such spears are… …
8assegai — 1. noun /ˈasəɡʌɪ/ a) A slim hardwood spear or javelin with an iron tip, especially those used by Bantu peoples of Southern Africa. Native mats covered the clay walls; a collection of spears, assegais, shields, knives was hung up in trophies. b)… …
9Assegai — 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] || …
10assegai — or assagai noun Etymology: ultimately from Arabic al zaghāya the assegai, from al the + Berber zaghāya spear Date: 1600 a slender hardwood spear or light javelin usually tipped with iron and used in southern Africa …
