| 单词 | assegai wood |
| 释义 | > as lemmasassegai wood assegai wood n. [after South African Dutch †assagayhout (1663 as †hasegaijen hout; Afrikaans assegaaihout)] the wood of the assegai tree (see sense 2). ΚΠ 1793 C. R. Hopson tr. C. P. Thunberg Trav. I. 181 This spear is fastened with thongs of leather to a slender round stick, five feet long, made of the Assagay wood [Du. Assagayhout] (Curtisia faginea), and tapering towards the end. 1880 Handbk. S. Afr. (S. W. Silver & Co.) (ed. 3) 127 In these kloofs grow..the Assegay wood. 2009 Bothalia 39 92/1 The fact that assegai wood shrinks less than most other woods, made it very useful for the early settlers. < as lemmas |
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