See also:

• ASSEGAI, or ASSAGAI (from Berber-Arab as-zahayah, through Portuguese azagaia)

ASSEGAI, or ASSAGAI (from See also:

• BERBER

Berber-Arab as-zahayah, through Portuguese azagaia)  , a 'weapon for throwing or hurling, a See also:

• LIGHT

light See also:

• SPEAR (O. Eng. spere, O. H. Ger. sper, mod. Ger. speer, &c., cf. Lat. sparrs; probably related to " spar, " a beam)

spear or See also:

• JAVELIN

javelin made of See also:

• WOOD, ANTHONY A2 (1632-1695)
• WOOD, JOHN GEORGE (1827—1889)
• WOOD, MRS HENRY [ELLEN] (1814—1887)
• WOOD, SEARLES VALENTINE (1798—188o)

wood and pointed with See also:

• IRON [symbol Fe, atomic weight 55.85 (0=16)]

iron, particularly the spear used by the Zulu and other Kaffir tribes of See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

South See also:

• AFRICA
• AFRICA, ROMAN

Africa . In addition to the See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long-handled See also:

• ASSEGAI, or ASSAGAI (from Berber-Arab as-zahayah, through Portuguese azagaia)

assegai there is a shorter weapon for use at See also:

• CLOSE
• CLOSE (from Lat. clausum, shut)
• CLOSE, MAXWELL HENRY (1822-1903)

close quarters .