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Poniard

1911 Encyclopedia Britannica

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PONIARD, a dagger, particularly one of small size, used for stabbing at close quarters. The French word poignard, from which the English is a 16th-century adaptation, is formed from going, fist, the clenched hand in which the weapon is grasped. (See DAGGER.)

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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Poniard'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​bri/​p/poniard.html. 1910.
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