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poniard

noun
/ˈpɒnjəd/UK/ˈpɑnjɚd/US

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French poignard, from poing (“fist”), from Old French poing, from Latin pugnus (“fist”).

  1. derived from pugnus
  2. derived from poing
  3. borrowed from poignard

Definitions

  1. A dagger typically having a slender square or triangular blade.

    • The sir King ha's wag'd with him six Barbary horses, / against the which he impon'd as I take it, sixe French / Rapiers and Poniards, with their assignes, as Girdle, / Hangers or so[…].
    • You yeoman phevvterer, conduct mee to / The Lady of the manſion, or my poniard / Shall diſemboge thy ſoule.
    • One of the tragic authors, finding himself assaulted in the dark, had, by way of poinard, employed upon his adversary's throat a knife which lay upon the table, for the convenience of cutting cheese […].

  2. To stab with a poniard.

    • Manfred […] would have poignarded the peasant in their arms.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA