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poniard
[ pon-yerd ]
noun
- a small, slender dagger.
verb (used with object)
- to stab with a poniard.
poniard
/ ˈ±èÉ’²ÔÂáÉ™»å /
noun
- a small dagger with a slender blade
verb
- tr to stab with a poniard
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
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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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