hassagai, -ay
var. assagai n.
| 1731 Medley Kolben's Cape G. Hope I. 65 Dexterity in throwing the Hassagaye. 1813 Edin. Rev. XXI. 69 The same Caffre..with his hasagai attacks the horny elephant. 1885 Cassell's Techn. Educ. IV. 160 The hassagay-tree (Curtisia faginea) one of the largest timber-trees in Africa. |