poniard

Etymology

Borrowed from French poignard, from poing (“fist”), from Old French, from Latin pūgnus (“fist”).

noun

  1. (now chiefly historical) A dagger typically having a slender square or triangular blade.
    On this occasion I said nothing, but concealing his poniard in my clothes, I hasted up the mountain, determined to execute my purpose […]. 1824, James Hogg, The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner

verb

  1. To stab with a poniard.
    Manfred […] would have poignarded the peasant in their arms. 1764, Horace Walpole, The Castle of Otranto, section I

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