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poniard

[ pon-yerd ]

noun

  1. a small, slender dagger.


verb (used with object)

  1. to stab with a poniard.

poniard

/ ˈ±èÉ’²ÔÂáÉ™»å /

noun

  1. a small dagger with a slender blade
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. tr to stab with a poniard
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of poniard1

1580–90; < French poignard, derivative of poing fist < Latin pugnus; -ard
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of poniard1

C16: from Old French poignard dagger, from poing fist, from Latin pugnus; related to Latin ±è³Ü²µ²ÔÄå°ù±ð to fight
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Throughout, the filtering of bygone times through impish anachronism — complete with droll references that might do an AP History exam proud — gives “Six†the sheen of a polished poniard.

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He stooped coolly, and, after groping some time for the poniard, drew it from the leaves among which it had fallen.

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What is this mysterious essence which the wasp carries in its poniard?

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Endicott had then cut the cross from the standard of England with his poniard; and Charles II. had been humbled in the persons of his commissioners.

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He made a futile attempt to ward with his poniard, but it fell from his grasp.

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