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单词 archegay
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archegayn.

/ˈɑːtʃɪɡɑːi/
Forms: Also harsegaye.
Etymology: < French archegaie, archigaie, variant of arcigaye, also azegaye, azagaye, < Portuguese azagaia and Spanish azagaya, < Arabic al-zaġāya, i.e. al the + zaġāya, Berber name of a javelin or dart.Now called in English (from Portuguese) assagai, assegai. ‘Erroneously made two syllables by W. Morris.’ ( N.E.D.)
Obsolete exc. Historical.
An iron-pointed wooden dart; an assagai.
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > sharp weapon > spear or lance > [noun] > specific for throwing
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1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. ccxxxvii. 340 With speares, iauelyns, archegayes, and swerdes.
1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. ccxli. 355 They of Granade..fought ferseley with their bowes and archegayes.
1858 W. Morris Sir P. Harpdon's End 76 Bows, archgays, lances.
1876 G. E. Voyle Mil. Dict. (ed. 3) Harsegaye.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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