assegais

/AH0 S EH1 G EY1/
noun
  1. 1

    A slim hardwood spear or javelin with an iron tip, especially those used by Bantu peoples of Southern Africa.

  2. 2

    The tree species Curtisia dentata, the wood of which is traditionally used to make assegais.

verb
  1. 1

    To spear with an assegai.

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Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/assegai, https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/assegais

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