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† zaˈgaie, zaˈgaye Obs.
Also 6 zagaia, 7 sagay.
[a. F. zagaie, reduced form of azagaye: see assagai n.]
= assagai n.
1590Sir J. Smythe Disc. Weapons L 4, Some numbers of Zagaias (which are double headed Lances). 1687A. Lovell tr. Thevenot's Trav. i. 35 They are very dextrous at the Zagaye. a1693Urquhart's Rabelais iii. Prol., Long Hooks, Lances, Zagayes [Rabelais azzesgayes]. 1698Froger Voy. 12 The Sagay, which is a very light Half-Pike. [1702W. J. tr. Bruyn's Voy. Levant xxii. 95 They..excell [in] the managing of the Zagaie; which is a sort of Stick about four Foot long, about an Inch Thick, round before and flat behind. 1869Boutell Arms & Armour vii. 102 The ‘Estradiots,’..armed with a zagaie, or javelin, pointed at both ends. ] |