assegai

1 He says—that two men of the old Imbezu Regiment are with him always—armed with assegai—but there are never any horses near, and they never unbind his hands.

2 My men, in the scramble, and scared, too, no doubt, forgot the guns which were in the waggon, and only Klaas had thought of his assegai.

3 The wounded man, stooping, severed the tough rheims with the sharp blade of his stabbing assegai, then drew it across the thongs about the ankles.

4 Neither he nor me could spoor in the dark, so I guessed he would pull up, an’ I didn’t want to run in on his assegai.

5 Gressex stood stooping in the hut, the assegai sticking half a foot into his back.

6 After a minute, he stopped walking, faced us, and, newly energized, exclaimed that this incident — the assegai striking the wire — symbolized the clash between the culture of Africa and that of Europe.

7 He now divests himself of all his encumbrances; water vessels, food, cloak, assegai, and sandals are all left behind.

8 Each Swazi, carrying his shield, knob-kerrie, and assegai, started for our camp with a little parcel on his head.

9 At one point, he raised his assegai into the air for emphasis and accidentally hit the curtain wire above him, which made a sharp noise and caused the curtain to sway.

10 Kwaneet came forth and was met not by any prowling beast but by the sharp blade of an assegai which pierced his heart.

11 We were bunched together, preparing to crawl along a rock overhanging a little pool, when the boy in front made a sign and pointed with his assegai to the dogs.

12 The strong thrower of the assegai could hardly restrain himself.

13 We had no guns, but we were expert with the assegai, and besides we used to drive the game into stalked pits.

14 My grandfather, being fleet of foot, was sent with the assegai and the ‘umlomo,’ or ‘word present’ for the intended bridegroom.

15 It was pretty dark, and the first reply Parton got to his summons was an assegai through his shoulder, which brought him down.

16 In this case, the poet was too enraged to observe this custom, and he stormed into the house with an assegai, ready to stab both mother and daughter.

17 His rolling eyes passed from chief to chief and his shaking right hand tore an assegai from the nearest.

18 An assegai had indeed grazed George Weston’s shoulder, but happily no serious injury had been done to any of the party—nothing, in fact, that cold water and a strip of lint would not cure.

19 With a yell of rage, and foaming at the mouth, Mopela flourished his assegai within an inch of Claverton’s face, but the prisoner never flinched.

20 “There is not room for two,” said the chief, as with his toes he grasped the haft of an assegai and lifted it to his hand.

1 南非茱萸

assagai

2 山茱萸科

dogwood cornel cornus aucuba bunchberry

3 用标枪刺

assagai

4 标枪

javelin spear

5 长矛

lance pike Lance