hassagai, -ay var. assagai n. 1731Medley Kolben's Cape G. Hope I. 65 Dexterity in throwing the Hassagaye.1813Edin.Rev. XXI. 69 The same Caffre..with his hasagai attacks the horny elephant.1885Cassell's Techn.Educ. IV. 160 The hassagay-tree (Curtisia faginea) one of the largest timber-trees in Africa.