† 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.
| 1523 Ld. Berners Froiss. I. ccxxxvii. 340 With speares, iauelyns, archegayes, and swerdes. Ibid. ccxli. 355 They of Granade..fought ferseley with their bowes and archegayes. 1858 Morris Harpdon's End 76 Bows, archgays, lances. |