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wakizashi, n.
Brit. |ˌwakiˈzaʃi|, U.S. |ˌwɑkiˈzɑʃi|
Plural -s, unchanged
Forms: 17 wakisasi, 18– wakizashi; Also with capital initial.
[‹ Japanese wakizashi (late 14th cent.; 1592 as vaqizaxi in the romanized edition of Heike Monogatari; 1830 as wa-gi za-si in W. H. Medhurst Japanese & Eng. Vocab., glossed as ‘sidesword’) > n.]
A type of samurai sword, shorter than the katana.
1727J. G. Scheuchzer tr. E. Kaempfer Hist. Japan II. iii. v. 46 Wakisasi, a Scimiter of Fudo which they wear stuck in their Girdle on the left side. It is somewhat shorter than a Katanna, and kept in a flat sheath. 1876W. E. Griffis Mikado's Empire ii. xv. 534 In his girdle was thrust the usual sidearm, a wakizashi, or dirk. 1926‘F. Beeding’ Little White Hag xxi. 316 He removed from his girdle a small Japanese dagger, the wakizashi, some nine inches long. 1970F. Wilkinson Edged Weapons xiii. 200 Next in size, between one and two feet long, came the wakizashi, which was a smaller version of the katana. 1992N. Stephenson Snow Crash l. 348 He draws the short wakizashi. |