assegais in English
noun
1
a slender, iron-tipped, hardwood spear used chiefly by southern African peoples.
Inside the village, park visitors could divide their attention, and their spare change, between a fortune-telling ‘bone thrower’ and a neutered ‘warrior,’ harmlessly gyrating with his assegai and shield.
2
a South African tree of the dogwood family that yields hard timber.
They surveyed the forest and studied the trees, identifying yellow wood, stinkwood, assegai wood , pear, alder and half a dozen other varieties.
verb
1
wound or kill with an assegai.
We retired well, but I shall never forget the Kaffirs getting in amongst us and assegaing our poor fellows.
noun
assagai
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