assegai

IPA: ʌsˈɛgˈaɪ

A slim hardwood spear or javelin with an iron tip, especially those used by Bantu peoples of Southern Africa.
The tree species Curtisia dentata, the wood of which is traditionally used to make assegais.

Examples of "assegai" in Sentences

Suddenly Ki-Gor was beside him, hacking and stabbing with the assegai.
Ki-Gor reached down, shook Helene's shoulder roughly, and seized the blade of the assegai.
His spine prickling, Ki-Gor stepped back a pace and shifted his grip on the assegai blade.
Ki-Gor landed lightly on his feet and instantly struck with the assegai blade in his right hand.
Silently, he offered the butt end of his assegai for Robert to hold, and the oddly assorted pair moved slowly down the path.
Bushman (who does not desire to kill them!) and the slender "assegai" of the Bechuana, the lion has little or no fear of man.
I came dizzily to my feet, to stare at the empty ravine, with a great black cloud billowing in the air above it, a few shreds of rope and timber dangling from the far lip, and on this side, lying in the dust, a single assegai.
Another example, the Zulu warriors that fought the British over in Africa used the assegai, which is really just a fancy spear and couldn't make any Spartan jaws drop in awe, maybe in laughter or curiosity, but certainly not in awe.
The sergeant, in the act of climbing over the tailboard, let out a hell of a shriek; I glimpsed his face, red and staring, and his arm flung out to point, and then his eyes stared horribly, and he slumped down into the dust, with a throwing assegai between his shoulders, his limbs thrashing wildly.