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Definition of Asegai

Assegai, a spear or javelin of wood tipped with iron, used by certain S. African tribes with deadly effect in war.
- Wikipedia

As"sa*gai (&?;), 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.

As"se*gai (&?;), n. Same as Assagai.

- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

  • a slim hardwood spear with an iron tip, especially as used by southern African tribesmen
         *1922: A birdchief, bluestreaked and feathered in war panoply with his assegai, striding through a crackling canebrake over beechmast and acorns. (Joyce, Ulysses)
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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