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poniard

VERB
  1. stab with a poniard
NOUN
  1. a dagger with a slender blade

How To Use poniard In A Sentence

  • Instantly Kuke called out a warning, and the poniard was at Sam's neck, and his right arm pinioned behind him. LIRAEL: DAUGHTER OF THE CLAYR
  • Pointed malice colored his words, while one tan, knobby hand began fingering the hilt of a poniard that jutted up from his broad, black belt.
  • The duke of Mayenne poniarded one of his most devoted followers for having aspired to the hand of the duke's widowed daughter-in-law. The Age of the Reformation
  • Thus when the first shadow came creeping into the star lit room, the Cimmerian, silent as a panther, moved to his feet, a poniard in each hand. Conan Fan Fiction!
  • Lindesay, Ruthven, and your kinsman Morton, poniarded Rizzio, and yet you now see no blood on their embroidery — the Lord Semple stabbed the Lord of The Abbot
  • And now, third, tell me how his open enemy can have approached him so close, and de Soulis with sword and poniard ready to hand. A River So Long
  • With a closed backhand, poniard held tight, the barbarian warrior slapped the pipe, filled with deadly powdered black lotus into his opponent's mouth. Archive 2009-12-01
  • The men were clothed in a similar manner: with them were carried in the girdle the purse, the handkerchief, and the poniard: a white, and sometimes a coloured, turban covered the head; and over the Turkish doliman they wore in summer a wide and flowing white robe, and in winter the _albornos_ or African mantle. History of the Moors of Spain
  • Osr. The king, sir, hath wager'd with him six Barbary horses: against the which he has impawn 'd, as I take it, six French rapiers and poniardi, with The plays of William Shakespeare. In fifteen volumes. With the corrections and illustrations of various commentators
  • The conspirators made a mutual promise not to betray each other, on penalty that the first who opened his mouth should be poniarded. The Founder of New France : A chronicle of Champlain
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