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Webster 1913 Edition


Assegai

As′sa-gai

,

As′se-gai

,
Noun.
[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

,
Noun.
Same as
Assagai
.