poniard
noun
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L325702 on Wikidata ↗verb
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Pronunciation: /ˈpɒnjəd/ / /ˈpɒnjɑːd/ / /ˈpɑnjɚd/
noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French poignard, from poing (“fist”), from Old French poing, from Latin pugnus (“fist”).
- 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.”
verb
Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French poignard, from poing (“fist”), from Old French poing, from Latin pugnus (“fist”).
- To stab with a poniard.
“Manfred […] would have poignarded the peasant in their arms.”