poniard
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yərd noun
1.
a small, slender dagger.
verb (used with object)
2.
to stab with a poniard.
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| —n | |
| 1. | a small dagger with a slender blade |
| —vb | |
| 2. | (tr) to stab with a poniard |
| [C16: from Old French poignard dagger, from poing fist, from Latin pugnus; related to Latin pugnāre to fight] | |
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poniard
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Word Origin & History
poniard
1588, from M.Fr. poinard (1519), from O.Fr. poignal "dagger," lit. "anything grasped with the fist," from poing "fist," from L. pungus "fist." Probably altered in Fr. by association with poindre "to stab." Cf. L. pugnus "fist," pugio "dagger."
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Example sentences
We've got a long pig-iron poniard with a fingerprint-proof handle made of tightly wrapped string.
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