pon|iard

pon|iard
pon|iard «PON yuhrd», noun, verb.
–n.
a short, slender dagger: »

She speaks poniards and every word stabs (Shakespeare).

–v.t.
to kill or wound by stabbing with a poniard: »

We could have poniarded these geese by touch, but we could not pistol them (Atlantic).

[< Middle French poignard < Old French poing fist < Latin pūgnus, related to pugil pugilist]

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