Definition of Ponird
Pon"iard (?), n. [F. poignard
(cf. It. pugnale, Sp. puñal), fr. L.
pugio, -onis; probably akin to pugnus fist, or
fr. pugnus fist, as held in the fist. See Pugnacious.]
A kind of dagger, -- usually a slender one with a triangular or
square blade.
She speaks poniards, and every word
stabs. Shak.
Pon"iard, v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Poniarded; p. pr. & vb. n.
Poniarding.] To pierce with a poniard; to stab.
Cowper.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- A small knife or dagger, popular during the Middle Ages and Renaissance.
- To stab with a poniard.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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