assegai's Usage Examples:

Albert is long dead - killed in a fit of pique by Harold hurling an assegai through the door of the kazee.

2 Probably Chaka's greatest innovation was the introduction of the stabbing assegai.

The breaking short of the shaft of the assegai when the weapon was used at close quarters was already a common practice among the Ama-Zulu, but Chaka had the shaft of the assegais made short, and their blades longer and heavier, so that they could be used for cutting or piercing.

The perils are different but it is possible to go much better prepared than carrying a rusty assegai!Albert is long dead - killed in a fit of pique by Harold hurling an assegai through the door of the kazee.

The forests contain a great variety of useful woods, affording excellent timber; among the commonest trees are the yellow wood, which is also one of the largest, belonging to the yew species; black iron wood; heavy, close-grained and durable stinkhout; melkhout, a white wood used for wheelwork; nieshout; and the assegai or Cape lancewood.

Synonyms:

assagai, lance, spear, shaft,

Antonyms:

close, stay in place,