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† archegay Obs. exc. Hist.|ˈɑːtʃɪgɑːɪ|
[a. F. archegaie, archigaie, variant of arcigaye, also azegaye, azagaye, ad. Pg. and Sp. azagaya, a. Arab. az-zaghāyah, i.e. al the + zaghāyah, Berber name of a javelin or dart: now called in Eng. (from Pg.) assagai, assegai. (Erroneously made two syllables by W. Morris.)]
An iron-pointed wooden dart; an assagai.
1523Ld. Berners Froiss. I. ccxxxvii. 340 With speares, iauelyns, archegayes, and swerdes. Ibid. ccxli. 355 They of Granade..fought ferseley with their bowes and archegayes. 1858Morris Harpdon's End 76 Bows, archgays, lances. |