poniard
a small, slender dagger.
to stab with a poniard.
Origin of poniard
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How to use poniard in a sentence
Already her hand approached the poniard on the table, when suddenly her ear caught an unusual noise in the turret.
The Pilgrim's Shell or Fergan the Quarryman | Eugne SueIt suddenly occurred to the soldier that to kill this savage princess with one blow he must poniard her in the throat.
A Passion in the Desert | Honore de BalzacBut this comes of old fashions, and of wearing a long Liddesdale whinger instead of a poniard of Parma.
The Fortunes of Nigel | Sir Walter ScottShe had been protected by some (p. 140) portions of her dress which had turned the poniard aside.
Margaret of Anjou | Jacob Abbott.Sometimes she presented the poniard to one person's breast, sometimes to another's, and oftentimes seemed to strike her own.
The Arabian Nights | Unknown
British Dictionary definitions for poniard
/ (ˈpɒnjəd) /
a small dagger with a slender blade
(tr) to stab with a poniard
Origin of poniard
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